It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
EPICTETUSWhoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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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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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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