Quote of Epictetus - Don't demand that things happen as...
Biography - Epictetus:
*Approximate years of birth and death.
Born: 50 - Died: 125
Period:
2nd century
1st century
Place of birth: Turkey
Born: 50 - Died: 125
Period:
2nd century
1st century
Place of birth: Turkey
Don't demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes for: to will
The kind of happiness I want consists, not so much in doing what I wish, as in not doing what I don't wish.
We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to comes.
Quotes about happiness:
Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.
Quotes about decision:
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
Epictetus also said...
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