Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
EPICTETUSThere is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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