"Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our actions."
"The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have."
"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."
"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire."
"Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant."