Books are the training weights of the mind.
EPICTETUSFreedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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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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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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