Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
EPICTETUSBy accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your 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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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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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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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