First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSPeople are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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