Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
EPICTETUSIs freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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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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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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