It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
EPICTETUSAll religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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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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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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