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Epictetus Quotes - Page 7

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By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.

By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.

Fighting, Limits, Accepting

What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

Love, Truth, Men

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

Character, Role Models, Roles

If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.'

Perfect, Trying, Doe

Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.

Coping, Lost, Given

Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will think; it is of no concern to us.

Hurt, Thinking, Views

Do not try to seem wise to others.

Wise, Trying, Seems

A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.

Philosophy, Men, Novices

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

Wise, Wisdom, Stupid

Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now.

Giving, Challenges, Deeds

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

Evil, Betrayed, Libertarian

Epictetus (1758). “All the Works of Epictetus: Which are Now Extant; Consisting of His Discourses, Preserved by Arrian, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.179

Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.

Art, Mind, Dresses

Epictetus (1900). “Discourses ...”

The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.

Motivational, Business, Lying

Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.70

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

Taken, Roots, Coward

Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents." Translation by Sharon Lebell

Mistake, Book, Thinking

The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free.

Use, Littles, Foolish

If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God.

Swans, Roles, Praise

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

Men, Unhappy, Remember

Epictetus (2013). “The Golden Sayings of Epictetus In Plain and Simple English (Translated)”, p.122, BookCaps Study Guides

Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.

Wise, Men, Mind

Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.76

Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a hindrance to the leg, but not to your ability to choose. Say this to yourself with regard to everything that happens, then you will see such obstacles as hindrances to something else, but not to yourself.

Responsibility, Choices, Body

Epictetus (2012). “The Handbook of Epictetus”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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.

Life, Wish, Events

Epictetus, Sharon Lebell (2013). “The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness”, p.15, Harper Collins

A soul that makes virtue its companion is like an over-flowing well, for it is clean and pellucid, sweet and wholesome, open to all, rich, blameless and indestructible.

Sweet, Soul, Rich

We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.

Confidence, Should, Belief In Self

Epictetus (1925). “Discourses”

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

Best Wishes, Wish, Ecstasy

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