Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
EPICTETUSHave the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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