Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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 man is free who is not master of himself.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish 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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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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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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