Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Epictetus: “Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.”

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A short email lands wrong. A plan you were counting on falls through an hour before it was supposed to happen. Someone says something in a tone you didn’t like. None of these are large events, and yet a whole afternoon can tilt around one of them. The mood goes, the focus goes, and the [...] The post Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Epictetus: “Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.” appeared first on Space Daily .