Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
EPICTETUSEvents do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
EPICTETUSWe all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
EPICTETUSDemand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
EPICTETUSThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
EPICTETUSNo man is free who is not master of himself.
EPICTETUSEvery difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
EPICTETUSKnow you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
EPICTETUSMen are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
EPICTETUSThe key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
EPICTETUSThe greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EPICTETUSDon’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
EPICTETUSOther people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
EPICTETUSWe can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
EPICTETUSFirst learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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