6 Stoic Quotes on A Rainy Day

  • Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.

    — Epictetus, Enchiridion 8

  • On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.

    — Epictetus, Enchiridion 10

  • Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.

    — Epictetus, Enchiridion 5

  • The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.

    — Seneca, Moral Letters 98.5

  • Very little is needed for everything to be upset and ruined, only a slight lapse in reason.

    — Epictetus, Discourses 4.3.4

  • Remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

    — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.49a