Stoicism: Principle #2:
Refuse to worry about things, beyond your control or outside your power!
Epicteteus says: Discourses:
If you gape after externals (that which you have no control over),
you will invariably be forced up and down,
According to the will of your master.
And who is your master?
Whichever has the power over things you are trying to gain or avoid!
And who is a slave?
Those who are worried or complain about externals!
Be detached from things that are not up to you!
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