The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan values and ends is... the source of all religious fanaticism. — Reinhold Niebuhr. American Reformed theologian (1892–1971)
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.
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.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe, as from our own. Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.
Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure.
Human Beings are just good enough to make democracy possible...just bad enough to make it neccessary.