Epictetus Quotes

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• What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.
• In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
• On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
• It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you…
• The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other.
• You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.
• Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.
• The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.
• To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and…
• Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt their interests, their…
• Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
• It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings. We…
• When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention…
• Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control
• It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify…
• Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world… Focus on your main duty
• Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can…
• Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you…
• Whoever then wishes to be free, let him neither wish for anything nor avoid anything which depends on others: if he does not observe this…
• It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun…

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