Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.

Epictetus (50-135), Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygiaand lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life.