Ruin and recovering are both from within.
EPICTETUSMake the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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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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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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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 say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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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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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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