People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSPeople are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSBooks are the training weights of the mind.
EPICTETUSIt is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
EPICTETUSIt is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
EPICTETUSNothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
EPICTETUSDon’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.
EPICTETUSWe suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
EPICTETUSMen are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
EPICTETUSHappiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
EPICTETUSIs freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EPICTETUSNature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
EPICTETUSProgress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
EPICTETUSMan is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
EPICTETUSYou have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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