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When your thoughts, words, an...

When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread.

Epictetus 567 quotes

To a longer and worse life, a...

To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Happiness and freedom begin w...

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Don't be prideful with any ex...

Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own

Epictetus 567 quotes

"But to be hanged - is that n...

"But to be hanged - is that not unendurable?" Even so, when a man feels that it is reasonable, he goes off and hangs himself.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Why, do you not know, then, t...

Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear of death?

Epictetus 567 quotes

If anyone is unhappy, remembe...

If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault... Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion.

Epictetus 567 quotes

One of the best ways to eleva...

One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models

Epictetus 567 quotes

Ask yourself: Does this appe...

Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If it concerns anything outside your control, train yourself not to worry about it.

Epictetus 567 quotes

No man is free who is not mas...

No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?

Epictetus 567 quotes

I must die. Must I then die l...

I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?

Epictetus 567 quotes

Law intends indeed to do serv...

Law intends indeed to do service to human life, but it is not able when men do not choose to accept her services; for it is only in those who are obedient to her that she displays her special virtue.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Whatever you would make habit...

Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Consider first the nature of ...

Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.

Epictetus 567 quotes

It were no slight attainment ...

It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Survey and test a prospective...

Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Learn to distinguish what you...

Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.

Epictetus 567 quotes

To Epictetus, all external ev...

To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals, however, are responsible for their own actions which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power. As part of the universal city that is the universe, human beings have a duty of care to all fellow humans. The person who followed these precepts would achieve happiness.

Epictetus 567 quotes

If we are not stupid or insin...

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 beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?

Epictetus 567 quotes

Man is not fully free unless ...

Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.

Epictetus 567 quotes

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