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 wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
From Reinhold Niebuhr
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
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.
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.
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.
Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.
Forgiveness is the final form of love.
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.
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.
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