Accepting the inevitable is the beginning of strength and freedom. Embrace all chaos that is out of your control. This is how it is. Why should it be otherwise?

The Stoic Emperor

Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.

Epictetus

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Seneca

The more you know yourself, the more you will forgive others.

The Stoic Emperor

It is not external events themselves that cause us distress, but the way in which we think about them... It is our attitudes and reactions that give us trouble. We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

Epictetus

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Epictetus