We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
EPICTETUSAll philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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Only the educated are free.
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