Only the educated are free.
EPICTETUSHave the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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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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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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