Quotes from Reinhold Niebuhr

O God give us serenity to accept what cannot be changed courage to change what should be changed and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

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

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

Faith is the final triumph over incongruity the final assertion of the meaningfulness of existence.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith.

I'm not afraid of too many things, and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father.

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.

What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore, we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love.

Love is the energizing elixir of the universe, the cause and effect of all harmonies.