It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
EPICTETUSProgress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
More Epictetus Quotes
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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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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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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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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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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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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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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