Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
EPICTETUSAttach 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.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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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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