Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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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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