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

Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

Topics: Courage Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come...

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come...

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his...

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his...

Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it

Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior...

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior...

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to...

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to...

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

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

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

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

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

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

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

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men

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.

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his...

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his...

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are...

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are...

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

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

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

That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what...

That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what...

A relationship is like a rose, How long it lasts, no one knows; Love can...

A relationship is like a rose, How long it lasts, no one knows; Love can...

The bonds that unite another person to ourselves exist only in our mind. Memory as...

The bonds that unite another person to ourselves exist only in our mind. Memory as...