Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
EPICTETUSThe people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
More Epictetus Quotes
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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