Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
EPICTETUSSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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