Ruin and recovering are both from within.
EPICTETUSI laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
More Epictetus Quotes
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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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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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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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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