never entertain any abject thought

Let death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible be daily before your eyes, but chiefly death, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.
Epictetus

Pro-democracy Nepali demonstrator is beaten up by police officer at Gonagabu in the capital Kathmandu April 11, 2006. Nepali troops opened fire and baton-charged protesters, who burned tyres, chanted slogans and clashed with government forces on Tuesday before a fresh curfew took hold on the sixth day of mass protests against the king.


Men look at burning vehicle set on fire by angry protestors after a bomb explosion in Karachi, Pakistan. The bomb exploded during an Islamic prayer service in a park in the southern Pakistani city, killing at least 40 people, the interior minister said. Dozens more were wounded.


An Iraqi man shouts as mourners carry the coffin of Mahmoud al-Hashimi, whose brother Tariq heads Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political party, Friday April 14, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. Hashimi was slain along with a companion Thursday as they drove through a mostly Shiite area, the Iraqi Islamic Party said. Tariq al-Hashimi is among the key players in negotiations over a new national unity government, which have stalled over the issue of who will be the next prime minister.


At least 13 people have been killed and 26 injured after two trains collided on the Indonesian island of Java. Reports suggest one train crashed into the back of the second, stationary train. One of the train drivers is believed to be among the dead.