—and nothing else is under your control.
- You can lead an untroubled life provided you can grow,
can think and act systematically.
Two characteristics shared by gods and men (and every
rational creature):
i. Not to let others hold you back.
ii. To locate goodness in thinking and doing the right
thing, and to limit your desires to that.
- If:
- this evil is not of my doing,
- nor the result of it,
- and the community is not endangered, why should it
bother me?