If a person had handed over your body to a stranger, you would certainly be angry. So why do you not feel any shame in handing over your own mind to … - Epictetus

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skilful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

The object of your love is mortal; it is not one of your possessions; it has been given to you for the present, not inseparably nor forever.” (Epictetus, The Discourses)

Isn’t reading a kind of preparation for life?’
But life is composed of things other than books. It is as if an athlete, on entering the stadium, were to complain that he’s not outside exercising.This was the goal of your exercise, of your weights, your practice ring and your training partners.