It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
EPICTETUSIf you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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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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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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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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