Author: Reinhold Niebuhr

Quotes

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God.

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

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