The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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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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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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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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