Quotes by Reinhold Niebuhr

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

Forgiveness is the final form of love. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

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. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

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. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

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. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

Human Beings are just good enough to make democracy possible...just bad enough to make it neccessary. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. (Reinhold Niebuhr)