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.
EPICTETUSBooks are the training weights of the mind.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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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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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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