There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
EPICTETUSThere is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
EPICTETUSIt is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
EPICTETUSThe greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EPICTETUSOnly the educated are free.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
EPICTETUSThe people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
EPICTETUSYou 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.
EPICTETUSMan is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
EPICTETUSA ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
EPICTETUSIt takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
EPICTETUSAttach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
EPICTETUSKeep 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.
EPICTETUSDifficulty shows what men are.
EPICTETUSNo matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
EPICTETUSThe key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
EPICTETUSAll philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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