Crucially for the epicurean thinker that means it will also be easy to avoid the pain of not being able to have something you desire, a pain which would upset your state of ataraxia.
When I wrote that letter, replied Darcy, I believed myself perfectly calm and cool, but I am since convinced that it was written in a dreadful bitterness of spirit.
How can I have a calm conversation with my girlfriend about our physical intimacy, and avoid creating pressure, resentment, or bad feelings towards me or the relationship?
Let me tell you, for your own good, Pinocchio, said the Talking Cricket in his calm voice, that those who follow that trade always end up in the hospital or in prison.
If you have character, you're at peace, at ease with yourself, and therefore you're going to have poise, and you're going to function near your particular level of competency.
12.Other disputes have dragged on for weeks before reaching resolution. And each time, both the victor and the vanquished have accepted the result peacefully and in the spirit of reconciliation.