Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
EPICTETUSDon’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
More Epictetus Quotes
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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