What does it mean?
Stop worrying about things you can't control. Put your energy into what you can change.
Key vocabulary
- beyond the power of our will
- outside our control
Who said it?
Epictetus: Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50–135).
These exact words are widely credited to Epictetus, but they don’t appear in their known work. They may be a later paraphrase or a misattribution.