Make it good. Marcus Aurelius 4.42

The events of change, or evolution, are not good or bad, for Stoics like Marcus Aurelius. They are merely indifferent: it is our attitude that converts them to evil or good. The Stoic sage, by having a thoroughly good character, makes everything he meets into good.


Τοῖς ἐν μεταβολῇ γινομένοις οὐδέν ἐστι κακόν, ὡς οὐδὲ ἀγαθὸν τοῖς ἐκ μεταβολῆς ὑφισταμένοις.


Among the outcomes of change there is nothing bad, even as there is nothing good among them.