It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
EPICTETUSOther people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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