Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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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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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 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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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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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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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