The third part of this formulation employed the phrase “insight to know”. She included the earliest instance known to QI of a match for the full tripartite structure. The following year in March 1933 Wygal published an article in “The Woman’s Press”, a periodical of the Y.W.C.A. The phrases “serenity to accept” and “courage to change” were present, but the phrase “wisdom to know” was absent. The above text contained two of the three elements in the tripartite structure of the Serenity Prayer. ‘The victorious man in the day of crisis is t he man who has the serenity to accept what he cannot help and the courage to change what must be altered.’
The full serenity prayer plus#
says that ‘moral will plus imagination are the two elements of which faith is compounded.’
Boldface added to excerpts by QI: Winnifred Wygal’s diary entry dated: OctoWygal’s diary is located at the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study … Continue reading Wygal credited him with a statement that partially matched the prayer.
Wygal studied with Reinhold Niebuhr at Union Theological Seminary, and in the following diary passage the initials R.N. Shapiro, Date on website: April 28, 2014, Website description: The Chronicle of Higher Education … Continue readingĪ crucial piece of evidence appeared in the diary of Winnifred Wygal within an entry dated October 31, 1932. Website: The Chronicle Review, Article title: Who Wrote the Serenity Prayer?, Article author: Fred R. He concluded with a “high degree of confidence” that prominent theologian Reinhold Niebuhr originated the Serenity Prayer. Shapiro who is the editor of “The Yale Book of Quotations”. The complex topic of provenance was examined by top quotation expert Fred R. Quote Investigator: There are many versions of the Serenity Prayer, and its phrasing has evolved over time which makes it difficult to trace. Would you please explore the provenance of this prayer? God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. 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. Lenore Stone Meffley? Edith Theodora Ames? Bram Stoker? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: Here are two versions of the famous Serenity Prayer: He was an American theologian, philosopher, and longtime dean and professor of Applied Christianity at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.Reinhold Niebuhr? Winnifred Wygal? Mrs. So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,Īnd supremely happy with You forever in the next.Īlthough millions of people both in and out of the recovery community have been helped and strengthened by the Serenity Prayer's simple lines, few are aware the first stanza was written by Dr. Trusting that You will make all things right, God, give us grace to accept with serenityĪccepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
The following is the original unabridged Serenity Prayer, written by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971):
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