No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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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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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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