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Comment author: Unnamed 05 October 2010 08:48:57PM 13 points [-]

God, grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference.

-- adapted from Reinhold Niebuhr

Is this a piece of traditional deep wisdom that's actually wise?

Comment author: arch1 06 October 2010 09:15:06PM 4 points [-]

Er, how about the wisdom to know whether a thing should be changed in the 1st place?

Comment author: wedrifid 08 October 2010 12:08:08AM 2 points [-]

A good point... although I would remove the 'should' and instead emphasise the coherence and self awareness to know which things I want.