We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
EPICTETUSWe can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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