Watch your mind like you watch your step.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 38
The source
"Watch your mind like you watch your step." Epictetus said it in Enchiridion 38. Translated by George Long, 1877.
"In walking about as you take care not to step on a nail or to sprain your foot, so take care not to damage your own ruling faculty"George Long, 1877, Enchiridion 38.
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 "Watch your mind like you watch your step."?
- Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Source: Enchiridion 38.
- What is the original wording?
- In walking about as you take care not to step on a nail or to sprain your foot, so take care not to damage your own ruling faculty (George Long, 1877). Translated by George Long, 1877.
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