In one way an arrow moves, in another way the mind. The mind indeed, both when it exercises caution and when it is employed about inquiry, moves straight onward not the less, and to its object.

In this flowing stream, then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which a man would set a high price? It would be just as if a man should fall in love with one of the sparrows which fly by, but it has already passed out of sight.

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all.

How barbarous, to deny men the privilege of pursuing what they imagine to be their proper concerns and interests! Yet, in a sense, this is just what you are doing when you allow your indignation to rise at their wrongdoing; for after all, they are only following their own apparent concerns and interests. You say they are mistaken? Why then, tell them so, and explain it to them, instead of being indignant.

What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.

You don't have to turn this into something. It doesn't have to upset you. Things can't shape our decisions by themselves.