It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
EPICTETUSTo live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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 consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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