The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EpictetusDon't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
EpictetusAppearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.
EpictetusIf we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?
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