Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
EPICTETUSEvents do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
EPICTETUSBooks are the training weights of the mind.
EPICTETUSSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
EPICTETUSHappiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
EPICTETUSWhoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
EPICTETUSNo great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
EPICTETUSYou can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
EPICTETUSFirst learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSMan is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
EPICTETUSRenew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
EPICTETUSNo matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
EPICTETUSIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
EPICTETUSHe is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
EPICTETUSWhen we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
EPICTETUSThe greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EPICTETUSIt 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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