It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance
EpictetusShall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.
EpictetusThere is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.
Epictetus