We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
EPICTETUSWhen you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
More Epictetus Quotes
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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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 greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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