It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
EPICTETUSTry not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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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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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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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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