Epictetus

“It is not things that disturb us, but the views we take of them.”

“Some things are up to us and some are not. All peace begins with telling the two apart.”

“Do not ask that things happen as you wish. Wish them as they happen, and your life will run calmly.”

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we listen twice as much as we speak.”

“Do not talk about how a good person should be. Be one.”

“It is not things that trouble people, but their judgements about things.”

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we may listen twice as much as we speak.”

“Do not demand that things happen as you wish. Wish them to happen as they do, and you will be at peace.”

“It is impossible for anyone to learn what they think they already know.”

“Difficulty shows what a person is. No wrestler grows strong without an opponent.”

“Some things are in our power, others are not. All peace begins with knowing the difference.”

“If someone blames you and you are not disturbed, they have struck nothing that belongs to you.”

“No one is free who is not master of themselves.”

“First say to yourself what you want to be. Then do what you have to do.”

“The wise demand nothing of another and reproach no one.”

“Demand nothing that is not yours, and nothing will ever be taken from you.”