The best place to get help is from yourself.
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 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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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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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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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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