Reinhold Niebuhr

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 - 1971), full name Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr, was a US Reformed theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary.

Wisdom & Quotes

• There are evidently limits to the achievements of science; and there are irresolvable contradictions both between prosperity and virtue, and between happiness and 'the good life', which had not been anticipated in our philosophy. The discovery of these contradictions threatens our culture with despair.

- The Irony of American History

• 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.

- The Serenity Prayer

Vita Sackville West