We suffer not from events but from our judgments about them.
It is not things that disturb us, but our judgements about things.
Philosophers
Epictetus
Epictetus (c. 50-135 AD), born a slave in Phrygia, never wrote a word. His Discourses and Enchiridion, recorded by Arrian, are the most widely read Stoic texts and a direct ancestor of cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Everything depends on your judgment, and that judgment rests with you.
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