First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSDon’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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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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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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