"Do not try to have events happen as you wish; wish for them to happen as they do."
Source not yet traced to a specific passage, so treat the exact wording as unverified. See disputed and misattributed quotes.
Epictetus is one of the Stoic philosophers.
More quotes from Epictetus
- "First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you have to do."
- "The man is not disturbed by things, but by the view he takes of things."
- "If you want to progress, abandon thoughts like: 'If I neglect my affairs, I will have nothing to eat.'"
- "Do not seek that things happen as you want, but wish that they happen as they do, and your life will prosper."
- "Once you calm down with renunciation, you will miss less."