People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSPeople are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSAny person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
EPICTETUSDo not try to seem wise to others.
EPICTETUSDon’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.
EPICTETUSRenew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
EPICTETUSWe suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
EPICTETUSIt’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
EPICTETUSWealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
EPICTETUSFirst say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
EPICTETUSIf you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
EPICTETUSAuthentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
EPICTETUSWhat concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSWe can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
EPICTETUSIt is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
EPICTETUSIn prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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