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Epictetus quotes: In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it
Epictetus quotes: Tell yourself what you want to be, then act your part accordingly. Tell yourself what you want to be, then act your part accordingly.
Epictetus quotes: When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please. When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.
Epictetus quotes: To make anything a habit, do it; to not make it a habit, do not do it; to unmake a habit, do something else in place of it. To make anything a habit, do it; to not make it a habit, do not do it; to unmake a habit, do something else in place of it.
Epictetus quotes: People are ready to acknowledge some of their faults, but will admit to others only with reluctance. People are ready to acknowledge some of their faults, but will admit to others only with reluctance.
Epictetus quotes: We are not to lead events, but to follow them. We are not to lead events, but to follow them.
Epictetus quotes: Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself. Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
Epictetus quotes: There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God. There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.
Epictetus quotes: Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself. Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.
Epictetus quotes: It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens
Epictetus quotes: It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united. It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united.
Epictetus quotes: If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported. If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported.
Epictetus quotes: In short, we do not abandon any discipline for despair of ever being the best in it. In short, we do not abandon any discipline for despair of ever being the best in it.
Epictetus quotes: The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free. The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free.
Epictetus quotes: He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much. He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
Epictetus quotes: Understand what words you use first, then use them. Understand what words you use first, then use them.
Epictetus quotes: You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be. You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.
Epictetus quotes: He who exercises wisdom, exercises the knowledge which is about God. He who exercises wisdom, exercises the knowledge which is about God.
Epictetus quotes: But to be hanged - is that not unendurable? Even so, when a man feels that it is reasonable, he goes off and hangs himself. But to be hanged - is that not unendurable? Even so, when a man feels that it is reasonable, he goes off and hangs himself.
Epictetus quotes: You'd have a better chance persuading someone to change their sexual orientation than reaching people who have rendered themselves so deaf and blind. You'd have a better chance persuading someone to change their sexual orientation than reaching people who have rendered themselves so deaf and blind.
Epictetus quotes: Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed. Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
Epictetus quotes: Death is not dreadful or else it would have appeared dreadful to Socrates. Death is not dreadful or else it would have appeared dreadful to Socrates.
Epictetus quotes: Grammar will tell you how to write; but whether to write or not, grammar will not tell. Grammar will tell you how to write; but whether to write or not, grammar will not tell.
Epictetus quotes: Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind. Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind.
Epictetus quotes: Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself. Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
Epictetus quotes: Don't put your purpose in one place and expect to see progress made somewhere else. Don't put your purpose in one place and expect to see progress made somewhere else.
Epictetus quotes: We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life. We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life.
Epictetus quotes: Sick and yet happy, in peril and yet happy, dying and yet happy, in exile and happy, in disgrace and happy. Sick and yet happy, in peril and yet happy, dying and yet happy, in exile and happy, in disgrace and happy.
Epictetus quotes: No man can rob us of our Will - no man can lord it over that! LXXXIV No man can rob us of our Will - no man can lord it over that! LXXXIV
Epictetus quotes: If then you desire (aim at) such great things remember that you must not (attempt to) lay hold of them with a small effort; If then you desire (aim at) such great things remember that you must not (attempt to) lay hold of them with a small effort;
Epictetus quotes: Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible. Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
Epictetus quotes: Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right? Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
Epictetus quotes: A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society. A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
Epictetus quotes: Of pleasures, those which occur most rarely give the most delight. Of pleasures, those which occur most rarely give the most delight.
Epictetus quotes: It is difficulties that show what men are. It is difficulties that show what men are.
Epictetus quotes: We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good. We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good.
Epictetus quotes: Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent.
Epictetus quotes: Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing. Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
Epictetus quotes: In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things. In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
Epictetus quotes: We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time. We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
Epictetus quotes: Is you naturally entitled, then, to a good father? No, only to a father. Is Is you naturally entitled, then, to a good father? No, only to a father. Is
Epictetus quotes: Check your passions that you may not be punished by them. Check your passions that you may not be punished by them.
Epictetus quotes: Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world. Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world.
Epictetus quotes: Since it is Reason which shapes and regulates all other things, it ought not itself to be left in disorder. Since it is Reason which shapes and regulates all other things, it ought not itself to be left in disorder.
Epictetus quotes: When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it. When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
Epictetus quotes: The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man. The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.
Epictetus quotes: In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught;but in life there are many things to draw us aside. In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught;but in life there are many things to draw us aside.
Epictetus quotes: We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout. We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
Epictetus quotes: It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things. It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things.
Epictetus quotes: You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself. You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
Epictetus quotes: It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless. It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.
Epictetus quotes: We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed. We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed.
Epictetus quotes: Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee. ~ Epictetus Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee. ~ Epictetus
Epictetus quotes: Very little is needed for everything to be upset and ruined, only a slight lapse in reason. Very little is needed for everything to be upset and ruined, only a slight lapse in reason.
Epictetus quotes: Freedom and slavery, the one is the name of virtue, and the other of vice, and both are acts of the will. Freedom and slavery, the one is the name of virtue, and the other of vice, and both are acts of the will.
Epictetus quotes: The best place to get help is from yourself. The best place to get help is from yourself.
Epictetus quotes: Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire. Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire.
Epictetus quotes: What saith Antisthenes? Hast thou never heard? - It is a kingly thing, O Cyrus, to do well and to be evil spoken of. What saith Antisthenes? Hast thou never heard? - It is a kingly thing, O Cyrus, to do well and to be evil spoken of.
Epictetus quotes: Seek not for events to happen as you wish but rather wish for events to happen as they do and your life will go smoothly. Seek not for events to happen as you wish but rather wish for events to happen as they do and your life will go smoothly.
Epictetus quotes: Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself. Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.
Epictetus quotes: Choose the life that is noblest, for custom can make it sweet to thee. Choose the life that is noblest, for custom can make it sweet to thee.
Epictetus quotes: To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing. To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.
Epictetus quotes: Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
Epictetus quotes: Stop honouring externals, quit turning yourself into the tool of mere matter, or of people who can supply you or deny you those material things. Stop honouring externals, quit turning yourself into the tool of mere matter, or of people who can supply you or deny you those material things.
Epictetus quotes: I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose. I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.
Epictetus quotes: The beginning of philosophy is the recognition of the conflict between opinions. The beginning of philosophy is the recognition of the conflict between opinions.
Epictetus quotes: Greatness of reason is measured not by height or length, but by the quality of its judgements. Greatness of reason is measured not by height or length, but by the quality of its judgements.
Epictetus quotes: All religions must be tolerated ... for every man must get to heaven in his own way. All religions must be tolerated ... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
Epictetus quotes: We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character. We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
Epictetus quotes: Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble. Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.
Epictetus quotes: What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse. What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse.
Epictetus quotes: Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe. Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
Epictetus quotes: Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness
Epictetus quotes: If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God. If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God.
Epictetus quotes: It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
Epictetus quotes: No great thing is created suddenly. No great thing is created suddenly.
Epictetus quotes: Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world ... Focus on your main duty Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world ... Focus on your main duty
Epictetus quotes: A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a singlehope A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single
hope
Epictetus quotes: Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
Epictetus quotes: Appear to know only thisnever to fail nor fall. Appear to know only this
never to fail nor fall.
Epictetus quotes: Do not strive for things occurring to occur as you wish, but wish the things occurring as they occur, and you will flow well. Do not strive for things occurring to occur as you wish, but wish the things occurring as they occur, and you will flow well.
Epictetus quotes: It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire. It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.
Epictetus quotes: If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
Epictetus quotes: To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds. To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
Epictetus quotes: No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage. No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
Epictetus quotes: Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen. Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.
Epictetus quotes: Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them. Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.
Epictetus quotes: If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance. If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.
Epictetus quotes: Taking account of the value of externals, you see, comes at some cost to the value of one's own character. Taking account of the value of externals, you see, comes at some cost to the value of one's own character.
Epictetus quotes: Never look for your work in one place and your progress in another. Never look for your work in one place and your progress in another.
Epictetus quotes: Every art and every faculty contemplates certain things as its principal objects. Every art and every faculty contemplates certain things as its principal objects.
Epictetus quotes: As you think, so you become ... Our busy minds are forever jumping to conclusions, manufacturing and interpreting signs that aren't there. As you think, so you become ... Our busy minds are forever jumping to conclusions, manufacturing and interpreting signs that aren't there.
Epictetus quotes: There are some faults which men readily admit, but others not so readily. There are some faults which men readily admit, but others not so readily.
Epictetus quotes: There is nothing good or evil save in the will. There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
Epictetus quotes: Asked how a man should best grieve his enemy, Epictetus replied, By setting himself to live the noblest life himself. Asked how a man should best grieve his enemy, Epictetus replied, By setting himself to live the noblest life himself.
Epictetus quotes: Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward. Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.
Epictetus quotes: Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them. Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.
Epictetus quotes: Epictetus being asked how a man should give pain to his enemy answered, By preparing himself to live the best life that he can. Epictetus being asked how a man should give pain to his enemy answered, By preparing himself to live the best life that he can.
Epictetus quotes: The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
Epictetus quotes: Let your will to avoid have no concern with what is not in man's power; direct it only to things in man's power that are contrary to nature. Let your will to avoid have no concern with what is not in man's power; direct it only to things in man's power that are contrary to nature.

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