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Happen Quotes by Epictetus
- Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you…
- Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.
- Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
- Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
- Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is…
- Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.
- Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.
- 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…
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