The Handbook

Epictetus

Epictetus. The Discourses of Epictetus, with the Encheridion and Fragments. Long, George, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1887.

Seek not that the things which happen[*](The text has τὰ γενόμενα: but it should be τὰ γινόμενα. See Upton’s note.) 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.