Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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