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.
EPICTETUSCircumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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It 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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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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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