Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
EPICTETUSAll philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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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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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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Only the educated are free.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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