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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody 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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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