We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us. — Epictetus
We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.
In the original Greek
ταράσσει τοὺς ἀνθρώπους οὐ τὰ πράγματα, ἀλλὰ τὰ περὶ τῶν πραγμάτων δόγματα
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Epictetus. Enchiridion, translated by George Long. Dover Publications, 2004, ch. 5.
Original citation
Epictetus. Ἐγχειρίδιον Ἐπικτήτου, Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou [Enchiridion of Epictetus]. c. 125 CE, ch. 5.
