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Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.
— Epictetus
Enchiridion, Chapter V
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11 quotes on mindset from the Stoic tradition.
Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.
Enchiridion, Chapter V
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Meditations, Book VII
Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.
Meditations, Book 7
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Meditations, Book 4
You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Meditations, Book IV
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Meditations, Book IV
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
Meditations, Book 4
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Meditations, Book 3
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Meditations, Book 7
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Letters from a Stoic, Letter XIII
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
Letters from a Stoic, Letter XCVIII