What is the source and the full quotation for "... and give me the wisdom to know the difference."?

Question:A prayer of St Augustine or St Francis?

Answers:
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.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr
google the serenity prayer
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.


--Reinhold Niebuhr


He did not write the expanded version that is sometimes seen.
The serenity prayer..Google it
It comes from the Serenity Prayer "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" You can find this in the bible. Found in the Bible under Kings Chapter 1
Actually I believe it started with "Bill W" who founded "Alcoholics Anonymous" around the 1920's or 1930's.
That's from a prayer commonly known as "Serenity Prayer."

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