God, 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.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Topic

Acceptance Courage Wisdom

Author

Reinhold Niebuhr

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Christian Clergyman Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Niebuhr, Reinhold. Diary entry. 1932.

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The ego's relation to the id might be compared with that of a rider to his horse. The horse supplies the locomotive energy, while the rider has the privilege of deciding on the goal and of guiding and powerful animal's movement. But only too often there arises between the ego and the id the not precisely ideal situation of the rider being obliged to guide the horse along the path by which it itself wants to go.

Sigmund Freud

New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis

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Author

Sigmund Freud
Source
New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis
Genre
Psychological literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Freud, Sigmund. New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis, translated by James Strachey. W. W. Norton & Company, 1990, lecture 31. Originally published as Neue Folge der Vorlesungen zur Einfuhrung in die Psychoanalyse [New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-analysis]. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1933, lecture 31.

Another quote about Courage

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Albus Dumbledore

Quoted in Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, by J.K. Rowling

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Courage Friends and enemies
Speaker
Albus Dumbledore

Author

J.K. Rowling
Source
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1997 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Bloomsbury, 1997, ch. 17.