I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
