
Epictetus on Willing What God Wills – or Doesn’t Will
“What God doesn’t will, I do not wish for.”
“What God doesn’t will, I do not wish for.”
“What keeps us from joining the dance / the dust particles do?”
“Gratitude is therefore the heart of the solitary life, as it is the heart of the Christian life.”
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
“Resist anything that leads to moodiness. Our prayer each day should be, ‘Let the joy of the Lord be my strength.’”
“God willed me and planned my being. He sees my uniqueness, dedicated to Him, as promising. And yours!”
“Don’t you understand? You weren’t made to live like a chicken! Why would you want to stay down here when you were born for the sky?”