51a. “To labor cheerfully and so endure
The wind that blows from heaven.”- A better wrestler. But not a better citizen, a better person,
a better resource in tight places, a better forgiver of faults. - Wherever something can be done as the logos shared by
gods and men dictates, there all is in order. Where there is
profit because our effort is productive, because it advances
in step with our nature, there we have nothing to fear. - Everywhere, at each moment, you have the option:
- to accept this event with humility
- to treat this person as he should be treated
- to approach this thought with care, so that nothing
irrational creeps in.
- Don’t pay attention to other people’s minds. Look straight
ahead, where nature is leading you—nature in general,
through the things that happen to you; and your own nature,
through your own actions.