Another person will not hurt you without your cooperation; you are hurt the moment you believe yourself to be.

Epictetus Discourses and Selected Writings
Also known as: Ἐπίκτητος
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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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And as proof that he has delivered them to you, bring your preconceptions to bear. Bring the arguments of philosophers. Bring what you’ve often heard, and often said yourself; what you’ve read, and what you’ve practised.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Verlange nicht, dass das, was geschieht, so geschieht, wie du es wünschst, sondern wünsche, dass es so geschieht, wie es geschieht, und dein Leben wird heiter dahinströmen