Do not try to seem wise to others.
EPICTETUSWhoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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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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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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