Sublime

grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

Perfection of character: to live your last day, every day, without frenzy, or sloth, or pretense.

“Don’t trust in your reputation, money, or position, but in the strength that is yours—namely, your judgments about the things that you control and don’t control. For this alone is what makes us free and unfettered, that picks us up by the neck from the depths and lifts us eye to eye with the rich and powerful.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.26.34–35