Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
EPICTETUSDon’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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 unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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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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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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