It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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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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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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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 matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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