Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Universal

Some teachings, religious or not, seem to be universal...

God, give me 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.
-The Serenity Prayer, Reinhold Niebuhr

For every ailment under the sun
There is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try to find it;
If there be none, never mind it.
-The Retreat to Commitment, W.W. Bartley 

If there’s a remedy when trouble strikes,
What reason is there for dejection?
And if there is no help for it,
What use is there in being glum?
-Shantideva of Nalanda University (8th-century)

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