If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
EPICTETUSWhoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
More Epictetus Quotes
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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