What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSWhat concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSIt takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
EPICTETUSIf evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
EPICTETUSAny person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
EPICTETUSIf you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
EPICTETUSWe can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
EPICTETUSNo man is free who is not master of himself.
EPICTETUSWhoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
EPICTETUSFreedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUSWe all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
EPICTETUSI 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.
EPICTETUSWe suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
EPICTETUSProgress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
EPICTETUSNo matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
EPICTETUSThe world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
EPICTETUSIt’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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