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Life Quotes by Reinhold Niebuhr
- 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…
- Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can only be sustained by a spirit of love which goes…
- Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility.
- The intimate relation between humor and faith is derived from the fact that both deal with the incongruities of our existence. Laughter is our reaction…
- A genuine faith resolves the mystery of life by the mystery of God.
- 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…
- Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.
- The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
- 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…
- God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.…
- History may defeat the Christ but it nevertheless points to him as the law of life.
- Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint…
- Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it
- Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle