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Epictetus Inspirational Quotes (279)

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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.
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Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.
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When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
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God has entrusted me with myself.
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Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him happy are those achieved against himself. Temptations and tests are combats. You have beaten one, two, many times still fight. If you defeat at last you will be happy your entire life, as if you have always defeated.
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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions–in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not our own doing.
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No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.
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When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals.
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