Desolate

“It is unrealistic to expect people to see you as you see yourself.”
― Epictetus, The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness

“The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.”
― Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings

“Do not try to seem wise to others. If you want to live a wise life, live it on your own terms and in your own eyes.”
― Epictetus, The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness

“Sickness is a problem for the body, not the mind — unless the mind decides that it is a problem. Lameness, too, is the body's problem, not the mind's. Say this to yourself whatever the circumstance and you will find without fail that the problem pertains to something else, not to you.”
― Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings