Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
EPICTETUSThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
More Epictetus Quotes
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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