All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
EPICTETUSWe all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
More Epictetus Quotes
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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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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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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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