Alvin Brent:
"'Men, real men and women, they don't tamely whine, "Thy will be done." They fight back." (p. 321)
(A Biblical quotation.)
A James Blish character with some limited knowledge of the future says:
"'To Whom it may concern: Thy will, not mine.'"
-James Blish, The Quincunx Of Time (New York, 1973), CHAPTER TEN, p. 119.
I can join in the agnostic prayer: "To Whom it may concern..."
Best surely is 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.
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I have some, qualified, sympathy for what Brent said. Sometimes matters can be changed by men and women acting in the world. And it's often our duty to at least try.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
That is covered by the Serenity Prayer: "change the things I can..."
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I noticed that.
Ad astra! Sean
I'm more of the "die with your teeth in a throat" school...
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
An attitude I sympathize with, esp. when it comes to fighting as fiercely as possible in self defense or in defense of one's family and friends.
Ad astra! Sean
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