Mazduda

“So Wang Lung sat, and so his age came on him day by day and year by year, and he slept fitfully in the sun as his father had done, and he said to himself that his life was done and he was satisfied with it.”
― Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth

“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”
― Epictetus

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
― Epictetus

“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
― Epictetus