Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EPICTETUSDon’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.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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 greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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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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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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