Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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