Epictetus Quotes
No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.
Epictetus. The Enchiridion. Translated by Elizabeth Carter, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910, p. 44.
See Eddie Bernice Johnson {605259} & Barbara Tuchman {626144} for similar views and John Stuart Mill {607508} for an earlier expression. See {638618} for a Sociology principle that is similar. The earliest expression of the idea can be found in the Bhagavad Gita {594723}
Epictetus (/ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs/; Greek: Ἐπίκτητος, Epíktētos; c. 50 – c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses and Enchiridion.
