3 Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes on Wisdom

Reinhold Niebuhr quotes on wisdom

5. The measure of our rationality determines the degree of vividness with which we appreciate the needs of other life, the extent to which we become conscious of the real character of our own motives and impulses, the ability to harmonize conflicting impulses in our own life and in society, and the capacity to choose adequate means for approved ends.

17. 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.

18. 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.