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Enchiridion · 9
Chapter 9

Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a hindrance to the leg, but not to your ability to choose. Say this to yourself with regard to everything that happens, then you will see such obstacles as hindrances to something else, but not to yourself.

Epictetus, Enchiridion 9. Translated by Elizabeth Carter (1758). The Stoic Library.