It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
EPICTETUSAll religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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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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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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