Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
EPICTETUSOnly the educated are free.
More Epictetus Quotes
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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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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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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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