每日斯多葛主義修行70-72

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70. 「Throw out your conceited opinions, for it is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.」

— Epictetus, Discourses, 2.17.1

要摒棄自大的思想，因為一個自以為什麼都懂的人是不會繼續學習的。

— Epictetus, 對話, 2.17.1

71. 「Nothing will ever befall me that I will receive with gloom or a bad disposition. I will pay my taxes gladly. Now, all the things which cause complaint or dread are like the taxes of life—things from which, my dear Lucilius, you should never hope for exemption or seek escape.」

— Seneca, Moral Letters, 96.2

對於（一定會）發生的事情，我不會有怨言，就像我樂於交稅一樣。親愛的Lucilius, 其實很多生活中我們抱怨或者不想做的事情，就像是生活的稅收一樣，我們都是無法逃避的。

— Seneca, 關於道德的信件, 96.2

72. 「What is bad luck? Opinion. What are conflict, dispute, blame, accusation, irreverence, and frivolity? They are all opinions, and more than that, they are opinions that lie outside of our own reasoned choice, presented as if they were good or evil. Let a person shift their opinions only to what belongs in the field of their own choice, and I guarantee that person will have peace of mind, whatever is happening around them.」

— Epictetus, Discourses, 3.3.18 b –19

什麼是壞運氣？所謂壞運氣只是一種觀點而已。同樣地，矛盾，爭論，責怪，指控，不敬，和輕浮，這些也都是人對事物和行為的判斷而已。這些觀點和判斷，都在我們的理性選擇控制範圍之外，但是我們卻給它們貼上好壞的標籤。如果一個人只對自己的選擇範圍內的事物進行好壞判斷，那麼我可以保證這個人一定會擁有內心的平靜的。

— Epictetus, 對話, 3.3.18 b –19

（類似69: 「人內心困擾時，通常不是被事物本身困擾，而是被他們自己的原則和概念所困擾。」）

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