Ask HN: What inspires you to persevere through adversity?
A short collection of sayings by the stoic philosopher Epictetus called The Enchiridion.<p>There&#x27;s a free copy at <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;classics.mit.edu&#x2F;Epictetus&#x2F;epicench.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;classics.mit.edu&#x2F;Epictetus&#x2F;epicench.html</a><p>Sample:<p>&quot;Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a kind as the author pleases to make it. If short, of a short one; if long, of a long one. If it is his pleasure you should act a poor man, a cripple, a governor, or a private person, see that you act it naturally. For this is your business, to act well the character assigned you; to choose it is another&#x27;s.&quot;