Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
EPICTETUSIt is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
More Epictetus Quotes
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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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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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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Only the educated are free.
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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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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