We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our jud… - Epictetus

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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.

Epictetus

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Epictetus (c. 55 – c. 135 AD), born a slave, was a Greek Stoic philosopher. His words were recorded by his student Arrian in the Discourses and Enchiridion written in the early 2nd-century.

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Native Name: ΕΠΙΚΤΗΤΟΣ

Alternative Names: Epictetus of Hierapolis • Epiktetos

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you have the power of patience to deal with your difficulties.

O slavish man! will you not bear with your own brother, who has God for his Father, as being a son from the same stock, and of the same high descent? But if you chance to be placed in some superior station, will you presently set yourself up for a tyrant?

Taking account of the value of externals, you see, comes at some cost to the value of one's own character.

We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them. - Epictetus

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