Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
EPICTETUSBy accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
More Epictetus Quotes
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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