Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
EPICTETUSNature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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