More from Epictetus
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
EpictetusEpictetus The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
EpictetusEpictetus Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
EpictetusEpictetus Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
EpictetusEpictetus Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
EpictetusEpictetus There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
EpictetusEpictetus Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
EpictetusEpictetus He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
EpictetusEpictetus Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
EpictetusEpictetus Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
EpictetusEpictetus When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EpictetusEpictetus No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
EpictetusEpictetus It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
EpictetusEpictetus Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
EpictetusEpictetus All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
EpictetusEpictetus No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
EpictetusEpictetus
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