All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
EPICTETUSAnything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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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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