183 Quotes by Reinhold Niebuhr

All men who live with any degree of serenity live by some assurance of grace.

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. Grant me the patience with changes that take time, appreciation of all that I have, tolerance of those with different struggles, and the strength to get up and try again, one day at a time.

A genuine faith resolves the mystery of life by the mystery of God.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

There is no social evil, no form of injustice whether of the feudal or the capitalist order which has not been sanctified in some way or other by religious sentiment and thereby rendered more impervious to change.

Toleration of people who differ in convictions and habits requires a residual awareness of the complexity of truth and the possibility of opposing view having some light on one or the other facet of a many-sided truth.

All known existence points beyond itself.

The will-to-live becomes the will-to-power.

Better not read books in which you make acquaintance of the devil.