No man is free who is not master of himself.
EPICTETUSThe greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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Every 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.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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