What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is — Epictetus
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What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.

— Epictetus
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