“起こる出来事が自分の望む通りになることを願うな。起こる出来事が実際に起こる通りになることを願え。そうすれば、人生は穏やかに流れるだろう。”
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“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.”
— エピクテトス, A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion