Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes about Achievement

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

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

Reinhold Niebuhr

Moving On, Wisdom, Achievement

Reinhold Niebuhr (2010). “The Irony of American History”, p.63, University of Chicago Press

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Men, Democratic, Achievement

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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.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Good Life, Philosophy, Achievement

Reinhold Niebuhr (2010). “The Irony of American History”, p.45, University of Chicago Press