It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
EPICTETUSAny person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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