Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
EPICTETUSWhat concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
More Epictetus Quotes
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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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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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Only the educated are free.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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