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.
EPICTETUSOnly the educated are free.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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