Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
EPICTETUSRenew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
More Epictetus Quotes
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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