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Ancient World4 quotes
Leave all things behind, and come unto me for thy salvation. I will make thee free from this bondage of sins. Fear no more. — Bhagavad Gita · 200 BCIf you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCLet people hold on to these:
Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCThose who are contented and at ease when the occasion comes and live in accord with the course of Nature cannot be affected by sorrow or joy. This is what the ancients called release from bondage. Those who cannot release themselves are so because they are bound by material things. — Zhuang Zhou · 221 BCClassical antiquity3 quotes
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. — Epictetus · 135Cease your efforts to find where the last rose lingers. — Horace · 23 BCBe happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune. — Euripides · 438 BCThe Renaissance2 quotes
Cudgel thy brains no more about it. — William Shakespeare · 1616Things past redress are now with me past care. — William Shakespeare · 1595