Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
EPICTETUSDifficulty shows what men are.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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