What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSHave the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
More Epictetus Quotes
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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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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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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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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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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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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