It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
EPICTETUSAll philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
More Epictetus Quotes
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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