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Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply."

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not."

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions."

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.




Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth."

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems."

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Forgiveness is the final form of love."

Forgiveness is the final form of love.




Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values."

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer."

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



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity."

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



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "All men are naturally included to obscure the morally ambiguous element in their political cause by investing it with religious sanctity."

All men are naturally included to obscure the morally ambiguous element in their political cause by investing it with religious sanctity.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism."

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Whether the man is an atheist or a Christian, I would judge him by his fruits, and I have therefore many agnostic friends."

Whether the man is an atheist or a Christian, I would judge him by his fruits, and I have therefore many agnostic friends.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "All men who live with any degree of serenity live by some assurance of grace."

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



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "If you equate God's judgment with your judgment, you have a wrong religion."

If you equate God's judgment with your judgment, you have a wrong religion.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it."

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "[There is] an increasing tendency among modern men to imagine themselves ethical because they have delegated their vices to larger and larger groups."

[There is] an increasing tendency among modern men to imagine themselves ethical because they have delegated their vices to larger and larger groups.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one."

The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "The will-to-live becomes the will-to-power."

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



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet."

The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "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.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else."

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.



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

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



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "The significance of the law of love is precisely that it is not just another law, but a law which transcends all law."

The significance of the law of love is precisely that it is not just another law, but a law which transcends all law.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Cheese, wine, and a friend must be old to be good."

Cheese, wine, and a friend must be old to be good.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "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.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is a profound uneasiness about our highest social values."

Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is a profound uneasiness about our highest social values.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed."

God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed."

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions."

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments."

Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men."

The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument."

Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an audience; while, among us, prose is invariably written for the eye alone."

The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an audience; while, among us, prose is invariably written for the eye alone.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope."

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible."

It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible.



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

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



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice."

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Man is endowed by nature with organic relations to his fellow men; and natural impulse prompts him to consider the needs of others even when they compete with his own."

Man is endowed by nature with organic relations to his fellow men; and natural impulse prompts him to consider the needs of others even when they compete with his own.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "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.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Change what cannot be accepted and accept what cannot be changed."

Change what cannot be accepted and accept what cannot be changed.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "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.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Marxism is the modern form of Jewish prophecy."

Marxism is the modern form of Jewish prophecy.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Men have never been individually self-sufficient."

Men have never been individually self-sufficient.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "It is significant that it is as difficult to get charity out of piety as to get reasonableness out of rationalism."

It is significant that it is as difficult to get charity out of piety as to get reasonableness out of rationalism.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility."

Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility.



Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: "Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it."

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.