Epictetus inspires me as well. I first got to know him through a speech of Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger.

"Life will have terrible blows in it, horrible blows, unfair blows. It doesn't matter. And some people recover and others don't. And there I think the attitude of Epictetus is the best. He thought that every missed chance in life was an opportunity to behave well, every missed chance in life was an opportunity to learn something, and that your duty was not to be submerged in self-pity, but to utilize the terrible blow in constructive fashion. That is a very good idea."

Charlie Munger

After I read this, I checked him out and started reading a lot of classical literature. Thank you for reminding me that this great thinker exists. I tend to forget them from time to time. But it is always refreshing to read anything about Ancient philosophers like Epictetus