All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
EPICTETUSNothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Only the educated are free.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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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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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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