I'm not afraid of too many things, and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father.

God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

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.

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. This prayer was first printed in a monthly bulletin of the Federal Council of Churches and has become enormously popular. It has been circulated in millions of copies.

All known existence points beyond itself.

It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible.