Desire and happiness cannot live together.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear 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 impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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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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Attach 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.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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