We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
EPICTETUSWisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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