It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
EPICTETUSHave the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
More Epictetus Quotes
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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 world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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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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