Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
EPICTETUSIs freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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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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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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