Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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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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Only the educated are free.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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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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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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