The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
EPICTETUSIf you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
More Epictetus Quotes
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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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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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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