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Them Quotes by Epictetus
- Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them
- When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they do…
- 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…
- 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,…
- Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not on account of the place, but of my…
- Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual principles you wish to exemplify, abide by these…
- In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate…
- Avoid banquets which are given by strangers an ignorant persons. But if there is ever occasion to join them, let your attention be carefully fixed,…
- Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
- In life our first job is this, to divide and distinguish things into two categories: externals I cannot control, but the choices I make with…
- What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that…
- 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.
- When we name things correctly, we comprehend them correctly, without adding information or judgements that aren't there. Does someone bathe quickly? Don't say be bathes…
- The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.
- And be silent for the most part, or else make only the most necessary remarks, and express these in few words. But rarely, and when…
- When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation…
- It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them.
- By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
- Two principles we should always have ready — that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to…
- Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?
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