Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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