“No busquis que les coses que succeeixen succeeixin com desitges; sinó desitja que les coses que succeeixen siguin com són, i tindràs un flux tranquil de vida.”
Text de l'edició incorporada · anglès
“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 will have a tranquil flow of life.”
— Epictet, A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion