People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSKeep 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.
More Epictetus Quotes
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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Wisdom 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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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