Friday, March 14, 2025

A little bit of Zen (33)

A black-and-white photograph of an antique marble bust of a bearded man - supposed to be the first century CE Stoic philosopher, Epictetus

“There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things that are beyond the power of our will.”


Epictetus


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