No man is free who is not master of himself.
EPICTETUSIf you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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