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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.
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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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Wish that everything should come about just as it does.
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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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We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
Epictetus
Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.
Epictetus
It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
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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.
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Since it is Reason which shapes and regulates all other things, it ought not itself to be left in disorder.
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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.
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Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
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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.
Epictetus
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
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Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
Epictetus