It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
EPICTETUSBooks are the training weights of the mind.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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When 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.
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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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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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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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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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