Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather ourselves. That is: our ideas about things.
EpictetusIt is no easy thing for a principle to become a man's own unless each day he maintains it and works it out in his life.
EpictetusWhen you want to hear a philosopher, do not say, 'You say nothing to me'; only show yourself worthy or fit to hear, and then you will see how you will move the speaker.
EpictetusWhen you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.
Epictetus