Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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Only the educated are free.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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