Epictetus Quotes

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• In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught;but in life there are many things to draw us aside. Aside
• Watch yourself as you go about your daily business and later reflect on what you saw, trying to identify the sources of distress in your… Avoid
• First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do. First Tell
• I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose. Always Content
• Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will… Another Matter
• It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united. Happiness
• It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should? Good
• To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds. Deeds
• It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them. Disturb
• Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with your purpose. Do… Action
• Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame… Anxious
• By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free. Accepting
• It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or insulting word --… Bore
• The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will. Certain
• An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has… Blame
• If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and if… Considered
• Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind. Any
• Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison. Any
• You can be invincible, if you enter into no contest in which it is not in your power to conquer. Conquer
• If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all… All

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