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.
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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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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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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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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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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