It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, whi... - Epictetus
"It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even death is terrible only if we fear it."
More quotes by Epictetus
"I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?"
"Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?"
"Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening."
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will."