It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
EPICTETUSI 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.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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