Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes and Quotations
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. Man's capacity for evil makes democracy necessary and man's capacity for good makes democracy possible. The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self-mastery. The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. 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. Forgiveness is the final form of love. Faith is the final triumph over incongruity, the final assertion of the meaningfulness of existence. 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. I'm not afraid of too many things, and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father. If we survive danger, it steels our courage more than anything else.
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