Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
EPICTETUSIf you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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