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Reinhold Niebuhr

Reinhold Niebuhr

Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (June 21, 1892June 1, 1971) was an American theologian, ethicist, public intellectual, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years.

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.
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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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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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If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.
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Forgiveness is the final form of love.
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Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.
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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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The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
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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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If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God.
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