Difficulty shows what men are.
EPICTETUSAll philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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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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