Man Is Not Worried By Real Problems

Everything Has Two Handles,-one By Which It May Be Borne; Another By Which It Cannot.

Choose The Life That Is Noblest, For Custom Can Make It Sweet To Thee.

Practice Yourself, For Heaven's Sake, In Little Things, And Thence Proceed To Greater.

Exceed Due Measure, And The Most Delightful Things Become The Least Delightful.

To Epictetus, All External Events Are Determined By Fate, And Are Thus Beyond Our Control, But We Can Accept Whatever Happens Calmly And Dispassionately. Individuals, However, Are Responsible For Their Own Actions Which They Can Examine And Control Through Rigorous Self-discipline. Suffering Arises From Trying To Control What Is Uncontrollable, Or From Neglecting What Is Within Our Power. As Part Of The Universal City That Is The Universe, Human Beings Have A Duty Of Care To All Fellow Humans. The Person Who Followed These Precepts Would Achieve Happiness.