Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

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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.

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

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Forgiveness is the final form of love.

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

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The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

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The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

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