No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
EPICTETUSDon’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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