Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EPICTETUSIs freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EPICTETUSNo man is free who is not master of himself.
EPICTETUSWhen you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EPICTETUSIf you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
EPICTETUSWhen we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
EPICTETUSSuffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
EPICTETUSAuthentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
EPICTETUSOnly the educated are free.
EPICTETUSRenew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
EPICTETUSIn 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.
EPICTETUSOther 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 he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
EPICTETUSKeep 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.
EPICTETUSAll religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
EPICTETUSDon’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
EPICTETUSA ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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