It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
EPICTETUSIt’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Only the educated are free.
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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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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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