Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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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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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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You 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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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