Reinhold Niebuhr

"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."

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"Forgiveness is the final form of love."

"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."

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

"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."

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

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