God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed;
愿上帝赐予我们平静，去接受我们不能改变的；

Give us the courage to change what should be changed;
赐予我们勇气，去改变我们应该改变的；

Give us the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.
赐予我们智慧，来分辨这两者的不同。

——Reinhold Niebuhr , Prayer said to have been first published in 1951
——雷茵霍尔德·尼布尔