“不要祈求发生的事情如你所愿；而是希望发生的事情就是它们本来的样子，这样你就会拥有平静的生活流。”
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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.”
— 爱比克泰德, A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion