Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
EPICTETUSDifficulty shows what men are.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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