I regret the immaturity with which I approached the problem… - Reinhold Niebuhr

" "
I regret the immaturity with which I approached the problems and tasks of the ministry but I do not regret the years devoted to the parish.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic · 1990 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

immaturity parish-ministry pastoral-ministry church

English

Collect this quote

About Reinhold Niebuhr

Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (21 June 1892 – 1 June 1971) was an American Protestant theologian most famous for his efforts to relate the Christian faith to the realities of politics and diplomacy. He is a crucial contributor to modern thinking about what a just war would be.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Native Name: Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr

All quotes from Reinhold Niebuhr Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Reinhold Niebuhr:

Bertrand Russell Edmund Burke John Stuart Mill Eric Hoffer Martin Luther King Jr.

Additional quotes by Reinhold Niebuhr

If political democracy did not lead to significant gains in worker, community, and social ownership, the capitalist class would end up owning the political system, thus subverting democracy.

Doamne, da-mi senitatea de a accepta lucrurile pe care nu le pot schimba, curajul de a schimba lucrurile pe care pot sa le schimb si intelepciunea de a sti sa le deosebesc.

The ice is not very thick; the ocean beneath it is deep and tempestuous; and the sun above is warm and melting.

I regret the immaturity with which I approached the problems and tasks of the ministry but I do not regret the years devoted to the parish. - Reinhold Niebuhr

About Reinhold Niebuhr

Also Known As

Share this quote as an image

Additional quotes by Reinhold Niebuhr