Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
Belief
Quotations by Epictetus
Quotes :
- Sean Covey – point of view ”Seeing things from a different point of view can help us understand why other people act the way they do. We, too often judge people without having all the facts.” - Sean Covey (from Yogi Alejandro)
- "Do not be disturbed or angered at… "Do not be disturbed or angered at another's sin or evil, rather, spiritually help the one who has sinned as best you can, because those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do." - St. Francis of Assisi (Earlier Rule 5)
- "The heights charm us, but the steps do not;… "The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- "The layman’s constitutional view is that… "The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional." - Hugo Black