Most of us are taught very young that we should try hard. We should be persisent and work very hard at whatever we undertake. But these quotations advocate a less strenous, less driving approach to live. How do you react to them? Which approach to living makes the most sense to you? Why?
Make the best of what is in your power, and take the rest as it comes.
-Epictetus
Sit loosely in the saddle of life.
-Robert Louis Stevenson