You ought to realize, you take up very little space in the world as a whole — your body, that is; in reason, however, you yield to no one, not even t… - Epictetus

So why not care for that side of you, where you and the gods are equals?

Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people’s weakness.

Yet God hath not only granted these faculties, by which we may bear every event without being depressed or broken by it, but like a good prince and a true father, hath placed their exercise above restraint, compulsion, or hindrance, and wholly within our own control.

فلتبدأ من أصغر الأشياء: انسكَبَ شيءٌ من الزيت؟ سُرِق النبيذ؟ قل: «هذا ثمنُ خُلوِّ البال وصفاء النفس، ولكلِّ شيء ثمن.» إذا ناديتَ خادمك، فاذكر أنَّه قد لا يُجيبك. وإذا أجابك فقد لا يُنفِّذ ما تريده. غير أنه ليس من السطوة بحيث يكون بمقدور مثله أن يعكِّر صفوك.