Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
EPICTETUSAll religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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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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