Epictetus Quotes

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• Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

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  Anger, Emotional, Masters

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• Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

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  Philosophical, Difficulty, Shows

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• Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can't control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible.

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  Effectiveness, Understanding, Principles

  Epictetus, Sharon Lebell (2013). “The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.

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  Luck, Progress, Working On Yourself

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• It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

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  Happiness, Moving On, Attitude

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  It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

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  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  "Golden Sayings of Epictetus". Book translated by Hastings Crossley, 2012.

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• Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.

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  Power, Suffering, Trying

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• 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 of their significance. Things and people are not what we wish them to be nor are they what they seem to be. They are what they are.

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  Attitude, People, Wish

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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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  Life, Jealousy, Envy

  Epictetus, Sharon Lebell (2013). “The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness”, p.4, Harper Collins

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• He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.

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  Littles, Not Happy

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• Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

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  Positive, Uplifting, Money

  Epictetus (2016). “The Philosophy of Epictetus: Golden Sayings and Fragments”, p.87, Courier Dover Publications

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• 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 opinions, their values, and their habit of interpreting events.

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  Motivational, Events, Opinion

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• No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.

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  Inspirational, Mistake, Failure

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• Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

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  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

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  Kindness, Communication, Compassion

  "The Golden Sayings of Epictetus" by Epictetus, translated by Hastings Crossley, Vol. II, Part 2, The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909.

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• Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

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  People, Giving, Purpose

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• In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life's purpose.

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  Order, Purpose, Please

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• Books are the training weights of the mind.

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  Book, Training, Mind

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• Never depend on the admiration of others for self-satisfaction. It is a fact of life that other people, even people who love you, will not necessarily agree with your ideas, understand you always, or share your enthusiasms.

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  Love You, Ideas, Self

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• 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 and should introduce us to our strengths.

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  Opportunity, Inward, Trials

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• What is a good person? One who achieves tranquillity by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, "what is the right thing to do now?"

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  Life, Asking, Good Person

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  There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

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  Happiness, Happy, Success

  Epictetus (2016). “The Philosophy of Epictetus: Golden Sayings and Fragments”, p.87, Courier Dover Publications

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• From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

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  Needs, Disappointing, Vow

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• When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

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  Forgiveness, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.

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  Running, Laughing, Fortune Cookie

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