It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
EPICTETUSYou become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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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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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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