What disturbs and alarms man are not the things, but his opinions and fancies about the things.
EpictetusWhen you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EpictetusThere is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose.
Epictetus