Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
EPICTETUSSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
More Epictetus Quotes
-
-
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
EPICTETUS -
Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
EPICTETUS -
Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
EPICTETUS -
The best place to get help is from yourself.
EPICTETUS -
Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
EPICTETUS -
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
EPICTETUS -
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.
EPICTETUS -
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUS -
Difficulty shows what men are.
EPICTETUS -
Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
EPICTETUS -
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
EPICTETUS -
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
EPICTETUS -
When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EPICTETUS -
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
EPICTETUS -
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.
EPICTETUS