The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
EPICTETUSDo not try to seem wise to others.
More Epictetus Quotes
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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