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Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substit

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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

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