Had the serenity to accept the things you cannot change; the courage to change the things you can and the wisdom to know the difference.
Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes
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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| Birth: | 21st June, 1892 |
| Death: | 1st June, 1971 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Editor, Professor, Theologian |
About
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was an American theologian, public intellectual, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years. Starting as a leftist minister in the 1920s indebted to theological liberalism, he shifted to Neo-Orthodox theology in the 1930s, explaining how the sin of pride created evil in the world, and created the theo-philosophical perspective known as Christian realism.
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