Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
EPICTETUSNo matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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