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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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What disturbs and alarms man are not the things, but his opinions and fancies about the things.
Epictetus
What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse.
Epictetus
If what the philosophers say be true, that all men's actions proceed from one source that as they assent from a persuasion that a thing is so, and dissent from a persuasion that it is not, and suspend their judgment from a persuasion that it is uncertain, so likewise they seek a thing from a persuasion that it is for their advantage.
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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.
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The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
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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?
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A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
Epictetus
It is the part of an uneducated person to blame others where he himself fares ill to blame himself is the part of one whose education has begun to blame neither another nor his own self is the part of one whose education is already complete.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it you can either accept it or resent it.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure but if you stay, stop lamenting.
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You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.
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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.
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The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.
Epictetus
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.
Epictetus
If you would be a reader, read if a writer, write.
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Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.
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