If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
EPICTETUSAny person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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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It’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.
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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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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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