Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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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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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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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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