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Focus not on what he or she d...

Focus not on what he or she does, but on keeping to your higher purpose. Your own purpose should seek harmony with nature itself. For this is the true road to freedom.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Nothing great is created sudd...

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.

Epictetus 567 quotes

The soul that companies with ...

The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Do not so much be ashamed of ...

Do not so much be ashamed of that disgrace which proceeds from men's opinion as fly from that which comes from the truth.

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Remember that you are an acto...

Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short one; if long, then in a long one. If it be His pleasure that you should enact a poor man, or a cripple, or a ruler, or a private citizen, see that you act it well. For this is your business, to act well the given part. But to choose it belongs to Another.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Whoever then wishes to be fre...

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 rule, he must be a slave.

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Even as the Sun doth not wait...

Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.

Epictetus 567 quotes

If any be unhappy, let him re...

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

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Some of their faults men read...

Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.

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When therefore we are hindere...

When therefore we are hindered, or disturbed, or grieved, let us never attribute it to others, but to ourselves; that is, to our own principles. An uninstructed person will lay the fault of his own bad condition upon others. Someone just starting instruction will lay the fault on himself. Some who is perfectly instructed will place blame neither on others nor on himself.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Remember that you are in acto...

Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another.

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We are not disturbed by what ...

We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

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Forgiveness is better than re...

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.

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I am not eternity, but a man;...

I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.

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Avoid banquets which are give...

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, that you slip not into the manner of the vulgar (the uninstructed).

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Asked, Who is the rich man? E...

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, ?He who is content.

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It is better to advise than u...

It is better to advise than upbraid, for the one corrects the erring; the other only convicts them.

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We ought to flee the friendsh...

We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good.

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Two principles we should alwa...

Two principles we should always have ready — that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.

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Seek not that the things whic...

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 will have a tranquil flow of life.

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