Difficulty shows what men are.
EPICTETUSIt’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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 silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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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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