Two rules we should always have ready,--that there is nothing good
or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but
to follow them.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD)
-- In what Manner we ought to bear Sickness,
-- Discourses, Book iii, Chap. x
or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but
to follow them.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD)
-- In what Manner we ought to bear Sickness,
-- Discourses, Book iii, Chap. x
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but in life there are many things to draw us aside... - Dare to look up to God and say, "Make use of me for the future as
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