Epictetus

Stoic teacher, born a slave

“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things.”

The one idea

It's your judgment that disturbs you.

Ideas in the Tracker

It is never the thing itself that disturbs you, but your view of it. And that view is yours to change.

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Roman emperor, Stoic

“You have power over your mind, not events.”

Zen teacher, peace activist

“Breathe, and come home to the present.”

Vice Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway

“Assemble a latticework of mental models.”

Physicist, Nobel laureate

“You must not fool yourself.”

Philosopher of Athens

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Philosopher, founder of the Lyceum

“You are what you repeatedly do.”