People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSThe people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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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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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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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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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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