It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
EPICTETUSIt is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
More Epictetus Quotes
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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 is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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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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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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