Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
EPICTETUSIt is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at 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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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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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