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basileusalxndr: “Lord, 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 Niebuhr , The Serenity Prayer.

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augustudoh: Reinhold Niebuhr's "Moral man and Immoral Society" is a must read.

SuccessBreaks: The prayer attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr applies greatly to entrepreneurship. Do you agree?

Justice78602373: Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. - Reinhold Niebuhr Family Didnot See SSR Hanging

pelavarre: groups tend to be more immoral than individuals <= Martin Luther King Jr., citing the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, wrote in his “Letter From Birmingham Jail” that <= TheAtlantic AdrienneLaFrance 6/Mar/2023

thinkmonk: Today I concluded Reinhold Niebuhr‘s “Leaves from the notebook of a tamed cynic.“ I love the name of that book. If you must be a cynic, at least be a tamed one.

mattswaim: “I still think the (London Times) was substantially correct when it wrote some years ago: ‘The doctrine of original sin is the only empirically verifiable doctrine of the Christian faith.’” -Reinhold Niebuhr

thinkmonk: Life defies our prejudices and generalizations. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

WiseLifeQuotes2: Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it. -Reinhold Niebuhr Via Wise Life Lesson

sandrapossing: "Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become." —Reinhold Niebuhr via

ahmadaaaaaggg: “Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.” –Reinhold Niebuhr

PlainArtemis: "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination for injustice makes democracy necessary." -Reinhold Niebuhr

stoameditation: 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. Reinhold Niebuhr

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palves1144: “Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.” –Reinhold Niebuhr

jeffmanhilot: I found an old version of the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr (mid 1900’s). I find this prayer very useful today. It is hard nowadays to find serenity, courage and wisdom; and only by God’s grace can we have them at the right moment. “God, give me gr…

MWGriffin1: Please, our times still could use a little more Niebuhr. I commend this book among several of Reinhold Niebuhr’s works.

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anthonybass: “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 Niebuhr

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oldlife: isn't this like Jim Comey writing a thesis to prove Reinhold Niebuhr was smarter than Jerry Falwell? "It all started when I posted about Beth Moore’s talk at Baylor that I attended. . .Within minutes, a self-declared Husband/Father/Orthodox Presbyterian/Monarchist took issue"

DianaMi14716631: “Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.” –Reinhold Niebuhr

ClementsAustinJ: Intellectual history is useful for me methodologically but less so historiographically. Only nerds read Karl Popper and Reinhold Niebuhr

nekevane1: 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. Reinhold Niebuhr

virtuck: “Understanding humans’ fallen nature should be the starting point for any international relations theory.” Reinhold Niebuhr

ammericandless: 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 niebuhr

PomegranateMom: Mine today is like chugging a Reinhold Niebuhr LaCroix and then burping out 8 pages (that lovely image courtesy of my husband). I wish I had the capacity to slowly sip a Christian Realism whiskey but I'm trying to mother and graduate over here. Boy, I'd love a grilled cheese.

oldlife: the era of Perry Miller and Reinhold Niebuhr "Between 1940 and 1970, the percentage of the American public that received at least four years of university education nearly tripled, sharpening the university’s democratic imperative.

blankertas: 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 Niebuhr

01SunsetGirl10: "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 Niebuhr KYJI HERE TWOstay

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daniel_dsj2110: Reinhold Niebuhr (1937): "A sense of racial superiority is a compensation to the little man for his sense of inferiority. The "cracker"... is venomous in his prejudice against the Negro and anti-Semitism flourishes among the petty traders of Germany"

jordan78321: 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 Niebuhr.

Odobor: Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. — Reinhold Niebuhr

cfknlok: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~Reinhold Niebuhr

huidrt1: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~Reinhold Niebuhr

idkwhatitizz: "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 Niebuhr Let go of what you can't change and focus on your own inner peace and wellbeing.

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CTMathewes: I used to think Reinhold Niebuhr's arguments about "sentimental moralism" would hold off this kind of utopian BS for as long as anyone read books, but I guess I was underestimating the capacity of people to lack the slightest clue anywhere in their heads

Inverse22: 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 Niebuhr

NuclearHeart169: “The testimonies of religious faith are confused more greatly by those who claim to know too much about the mystery of life than by those who claim to know too little.” Reinhold Niebuhr “Mystery and Meaning”, 1946

thinkmonk: I think I have to repent of the many unkind things I have said about various ministers. (Reinhold Niebuhr, 1928)

ThisFowora: In my small moments, I am salved by the prayers of Lutheran theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, '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.' Sigh!

takashimizu78: Reinhold Niebuhr “Bloom where God has planted you”. Please tell me if you know what book has it’s phrase? Thank you appreciate.

Brian_Scoles: I love his anthropology "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." (Reinhold Niebuhr, Intro to Children of Light and Children of Darkness)

LydiaCornell: Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in his “Letter From Birmingham Jail” that “groups tend to be more immoral than individuals.” People commit acts together that they’d never contemplate alone. (Citing the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr)

HabeebAudy: "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 Niebuhr Let go of what you can't change and focus on your own inner peace and wellbeing.

sotmaopa: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~Reinhold Niebuhr

ANiebuhrHost: "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." - Reinhold Niebuhr

yousuff7860: PRAYER FOR SERENITY Attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr, Lutheran theologian (1892–1971) 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.

Dhikshita9: "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 Niebuhr.

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clement55344573: Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.,Reinhold Niebuhr,politics,

nnnnio9: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~Reinhold Niebuhr

gladysk19082846: 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.,Reinhold Niebuhr,Change, Wisdom, Courage ,

zohaibayyaz: 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. “Reinhold Niebuhr”

ebrucengizz: 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 Niebuhr

SimumbaTrevor: “Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” — Reinhold Niebuhr

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cfknlok: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~Reinhold Niebuhr

DonaldH11469395: “ 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 Niebuhr [ 1892- 1971 ]

TCTheatrePeeps: "No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint." - Reinhold Niebuhr

DTMalindi: ... and not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen.  − Reinhold Niebuhr

nohate251: "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 Niebuhr FAHMAAN RULING AS RAVI

DAVIDVGOLIATH: “Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.” Reinhold Niebuhr

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Justice78602373: Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. - Reinhold Niebuhr Facts Ignored InSSRCase

LeoTheLess: Reinhold Niebuhr was something of a sage for the Greatest Generation. —R. R. Reno

rgtrendsetter: The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. -Reinhold Niebuhr RALPHGAIL ASAPaKENsiAYUMI

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OzarksWatcher: Fun fact from Scott Paeth's The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians: Reinhold played the trombone and H. Richard played the flute.

rgtrendsetter: 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 Niebuhr RALPHGAIL ISIPBATAsaSHOWTIME

rgtrendsetter: 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. -Reinhold Niebuhr RALPHGAIL ISIPBATAsaSHOWTIME

Naomi21naomi21: “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 Niebuhr-

LessonsWise: Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it. -Reinhold Niebuhr Via Wise Life Lesson

philosophytweet: "The world of religion is a mirror image of the world of men, and in it, man sees reflected not only his own values but his own limitations and imperfections as well." - Reinhold Niebuhr

SchenkJ17914358: The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.,Reinhold Niebuhr,Life, Achievement, Serenity ,

nycreligioninfo: Niebuhr was born in 1892, died in 1971. As a professor of social ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Niebuhr was an authoritative voice on the defining events. Martin Luther King Jr. cited him in his letter from Birmingham City Jail.

nycreligioninfo: Reinhold Niebuhr: Niebuhr’s chief contribution to U.S. liberal thinking is keeping his fellow liberals on the path of the possible.

nycreligioninfo: Faith for a Lenten Age

MARYMUK64887911: Man's capacity for evil makes democracy necessary and man's capacity for good makes democracy possible.,Reinhold Niebuhr,government, rule,

ilovescottyy: i think if all “sides” were open to conversation without centering in on politics and we all spoke as people we’d be in a completely different, better position. Reinhold Niebuhr , a theologian touches on group mentalities and how it’s so much harder for groups to act ethically.

Justice78602373: Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." - Reinhold Niebuhr. No Headway InSSRCase

shannon85g: An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story LTNJIBP

word_water_wine: “We might come to the conclusion that Fascism is really the unfortunate fruit of Christian pessimism.” —Reinhold Niebuhr

BeyondUPG: "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." ~ Reinhold Niebuhr

nycreligioninfo: On March 8, 1948, Reinhold Niebuhr: Faith for a Lenten Age By Whitaker Chambers, Time Magazine

Venadiva: “All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions” Reinhold Niebuhr

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nycreligioninfo: On March 8, 1948, Reinhold Niebuhr: Faith for a Lenten Age By Whitaker Chambers, Time Magazine

TheBarthCenter: Meet Rev. Dr. Gary Dorrien! Dr, Dorrien teaches social ethics, theology, and philosophy of religion as the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University. Register now:

PopAndTheology: “Coerced uniformity is more decadent than freedom.” ~Reinhold Niebuhr

PopAndTheology: “No democratic society can afford to capitulate to the pride of dominant groups. The final end of such appeasement is the primitivistic homogeneity of Nazism.” ~Reinhold Niebuhr

BrainWeAre: "Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it." - Reinhold Niebuhr

MRogers097: Reading Reinhold Niebuhr is turning out to be my therapy these days.

tymanchambers: Introduce yourself with 7 books: 1. Blaise Pascal: Pensees 2. Plato: Gorgias 3. Homer: Odyssey 4. Reinhold Niebuhr: Moral Man and Immoral Society 5. GK Chesterton: Orthodoxy 6. George Grant: English-Speaking Justice 7. EH Carr: The Twenty Years' Crisis

Putrrairfan: Remember when Reinhold Niebuhr said, "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"

bsb_harris00: Forgiveness is the final form of love.” – Reinhold Niebuhr

hbmutungi: "Forgiveness is the final form of love." ― Reinhold Niebuhr



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