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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?

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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

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

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

It were no slight attainment ...

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

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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

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

Here is the beginning of phil...

Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgement.

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It is not the events but our ...

It is not the events but our viewpoint toward events that is the determining factor. We ought to be more concerned about removing wrong thoughts from the mind than removing tumors and abscesses from the body.

Epictetus 567 quotes

A man that seeks truth and lo...

A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.

Epictetus 567 quotes

The soul's impurity consists ...

The soul's impurity consists in bad judgements, and purification consists in producing in it right judgements, and the pure soul is one which has right judgements, for this alone is proof against confusion and pollution in its functions.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Covetousness like jealousy, w...

Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.

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Bear in mind that you should ...

Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.

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Everything has two handles,-o...

Everything has two handles,-one by which it may be borne; another by which it cannot.

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It is unlikely that the good ...

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?

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We must be afraid of neither ...

We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment; of fear itself only should we be afraid.

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Inner peace begins when we st...

Inner peace begins when we stop saying of things, 'I have lost it' and instead say, 'It has been returned to where it came from.' Why should it be any concern of yours who gives your things back to the world that gave them to you? The important thing is to take great care with what you have while the world lets you have it.

Epictetus 567 quotes

No one who is in a state of f...

No one who is in a state of fear or sorrow or tension is free, but whosoever is delivered from sorrows or fears or anxieties is at the same time delivered from servitude.

Epictetus 567 quotes

Getting distracted by trifles...

Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world… Focus on your main duty

Epictetus 567 quotes

In a word, neither death, nor...

In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles.

Epictetus 567 quotes

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