Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
EPICTETUSEvery difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
More Epictetus Quotes
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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