"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
-Epictetus
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"No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.“
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