Don't wish it went your way. Want it the way it goes, and flow.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 8
Don't wish it went your way. Want it the way it goes, and flow.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 8
The source
"Don't wish it went your way. Want it the way it goes, and flow." Epictetus said it in Enchiridion 8. Translated by George Long, 1877.
"wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life"George Long, 1877, Enchiridion 8.
Who said it
Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Born enslaved, became the most influential Stoic teacher of his age. His student Arrian wrote down the Discourses and the Enchiridion.
Questions
- Who said "Don't wish it went your way. Want it the way it goes, and flow."?
- Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Source: Enchiridion 8.
- What is the original wording?
- wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life (George Long, 1877). Translated by George Long, 1877.
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