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.
Stoic philosopher, former slave
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"To receive benefits is to lose liberty."
Controversial"Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own resources. The challenges to our spirit are not to be avoided, but embraced."
Shocking"If you want to be rich, do not add to your possessions but subtract from your desires."
Strange & Unusual"If you pin your hopes on things outside your control, taking upon yourself things which rightfully belong to others, you are liable to stumble, fall, suffer, and blame both gods and men."
Controversial"Keep the prospect of death, exile and all such apparent tragedies before you every day – especially death – and you will never have an abject thought, or desire anything to excess."
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