Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well.Epictetus
“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them.”
Stoic philosopher · 50 – 135
Epictetus was a Greek-born slave in Rome who won his freedom and became one of the most influential Stoic teachers. His Discourses and the handbook known as the Enchiridion teach that freedom lies in mastering one's own judgments and desires.
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