When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
More Epictetus Quotes
-
-
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
EPICTETUS -
Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
EPICTETUS -
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.
EPICTETUS -
All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
EPICTETUS -
The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EPICTETUS -
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
EPICTETUS -
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUS -
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.
EPICTETUS -
Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EPICTETUS -
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
EPICTETUS -
No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
EPICTETUS -
Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
EPICTETUS -
You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
EPICTETUS -
Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
EPICTETUS -
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.
EPICTETUS