Do not seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go smoothly.
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Peace grows when reality is met before it is argued with. Acceptance can be disciplined without becoming passive.
Epictetus is not praising resignation. He is distinguishing between resistance to facts and wise response to facts, which are very different uses of human energy.
The line endures because it redirects effort from fantasy control to practical agency.
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