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 flo… - Epictetus

Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.

Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.

Don't ask for things to happen as you would like them to, but wish them to happen as they actually do, and you will be all right.

Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.

Ask not that events should happen as you will, but let your will be that events should happen as they do, and you shall have peace.

ليس عليك أن تُكثر من حضور المباريات. فإذا شاءت الظروف أن تكون هناك فلا تُبدِ حرصًا تجاه أي طرفٍ أكثر من حرصك على نفسك! أي أردٍ الأشياء أن تكون ما تكونه فحَسب، وأن يفوز الذي يفوز فحَسُب. فهكذا تَسْلّم من أي متاعب. ولكن امتنِعُ تمامًا عن الهتاف والسخرية والانفعالات العنيفة. وعندما تنصرف لا تُكثر من التعليق على ما حدث.،وعلى مالا يُسَهُمٌ في صلاح حالك، وإلا بدا من حديثك أنك مأخوذ بالمشهد أكثر من اللائق.

For in this Case, we are not to give Credit to the Many, who say, that none ought to be educated but the Free; but rather to the Philosophers, who say, that the Well-educated alone are free.

Show me someone who is ill and yet happy, in danger and yet happy, dying and yet happy, exiled and yet happy. Show me such a person; by the gods, how greatly I long to see a Stoic!