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One Quotes by Reinhold Niebuhr
- One of the most pathetic aspects of human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial and universal values most convincingly,…
- Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.
- 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…
- The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.
- 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…
- Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.
- Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that can be changed, and the…
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