The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
EPICTETUSDon’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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