If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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