No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
EPICTETUSIt is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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.
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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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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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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’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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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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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