Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EPICTETUSTry not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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