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 NiebuhrTags: inspirational serenity-prayer
Humour is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer … Laughter is swallowed up in prayer and humour is fulfilled by faith.
Reinhold NiebuhrTags: theology
Tuhan, karuniailah saya ketabahan untuk menerima hal-hal yang tidak bisa saya ubah,
Keberanian untuk mengubah hal-hal yang bisa saya ubah,
Dan kebijaksanaan untuk membedakan keduanya.
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Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.
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 NiebuhrTags: politics
Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.
Reinhold NiebuhrTags: politics
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
Reinhold NiebuhrTags: politics
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
Reinhold NiebuhrTags: politics
Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure.
Reinhold NiebuhrTo the end of history, social orders will probably destroy themselves in an effort to prove they are indestructible.
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