We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
EPICTETUSIn prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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I 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.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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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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Only the educated are free.
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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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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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