Hardship and Happiness (Ad Marciam De consolatione, Ad Helviam matrem De consolatione, De Consolatione ad Polybium, De Brevitate Vitæ, De Constantia Sapientis, De Tranquillitate Animi, De Otio, De Vita Beata, De Providentia)

by Seneca

“But why does god allow anything bad to happen to good men?” Actually he does not allow this. He has taken all bad things away from them—crimes and misdeeds and wicked thoughts and greedy designs and blind lust and avarice that hovers over what belongs to another. The men themselves he watches over and protects. Surely no one can demand from god that he take care of good men’s baggage too? They themselves discharge god of this responsibility: they scorn external things.

Hm