“To achieve freedom and happiness, you need to grasp this basic truth: some things in life are under your control, and others are not.
 

Within your control are your own opinions, aspirations, desires, and the things that repel you. We always have a choice about the contents and character of our inner lives.
 

Not within your control is literally everything else. You must remember these things are externals, and none of your concern.”

                                                              -Epictetus