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Quotation from Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion by Epictetus
“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.”
Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion, Encheiridion, ch. VIII, trans. George Long (1877)
A complete chapter of the handbook, stating the Stoic discipline of desire.
Citation: "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." — Epictetus, Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion, Encheiridion, ch. VIII, trans. George Long (1877). (id epictetus-discourses-and-encheiridion-q3)
Portrait: Epictetus from L. Annaei Senecae philosophi Opera, 1605, title page detail, Theodoor Galle, Public domain.
