It isn’t events themselves that disturb people, but only their judgements about them. - Epictetus

Never say about anything, I have lost it, but only I have given it back.

It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous — even death is terrible only if we fear it.

Two words should be taken to heart and obeyed when exerting ourselves for good and restraining ourselves from evil—words that will ensure a blameless and untroubled life: persist and resist.