Reinhold Niebuhr cytaty

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„Boże! Proszę, daj mi siłę, abym pogodził się z tym, czego zmienić nie mogę; odwagę, abym zmienił to, co zmienić mogę i mądrość, abym potrafił odróżnić jedno od drugiego.”

„Całe doświadczenie naszej egzystencji wskazuje, iż największym problemem naszej egzystencji jest to, że powinniśmy się wzajemnie kochać, ale się nie kochamy.”

“All social cooperation on a larger scale than the most intimate social group requires a measure of coercion.”

“My personal attitude toward atheists is the same attitude that I have toward Christians, and would be governed by a very orthodox text: "By their fruits shall ye know them."”

“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. Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
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.”

“The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.”