It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
EPICTETUSBooks are the training weights of the mind.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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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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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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