People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
More Epictetus Quotes
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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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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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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