It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless. Epictetus More Quotes by Epictetus More Quotes From Epictetus Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you. Epictetus wells events wish It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus Epictetus happens thinking 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. Epictetus events worry life To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man. Epictetus lovers character men It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance Epictetus hunger grief spirit One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. Epictetus philosophical perfection sports What disturbs and alarms man are not the things, but his opinions and fancies about the things. Epictetus alarms fancy men And have you not received faculties which will enable you to bear all that happens to you? Have you not received greatness of spirit? Have you not received courage? Have you not received endurance? Epictetus endurance greatness courage In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it Epictetus affair Act well your given part; the choice rests not with you. Epictetus resignation given choices Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. Epictetus safe justice We must ever bear in mind --that apart from the will there is nothing good or bad, and that we must not try to anticipate or to direct events, but merely to accept them with intelligence. Epictetus events mind trying Let thy speech of God be renewed day by day, aye, rather than thy meat and drink. Epictetus drink speech meat It is no easy thing for a principle to become a man's own unless each day he maintains it and works it out in his life. Epictetus one-day principles men Nothing outside the will can hinder or harm the will; it can only harm itself. If then we accept this, and, when things go amiss, are inclined to blame ourselves, remembering that judgment alone can disturb our peace and constancy, I swear to you by all the gods that we have made progress. Epictetus blame progress remember Difficulty shows what men are. Epictetus difficulty shows men What is yours is to play the assigned part well. But to choose it belongs to someone else Epictetus wells play Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process. Epictetus confidence requirements creative You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses rather than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses. Epictetus soul house mean If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken; and having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing; so shall you succeed in being well spoken of. Epictetus strive succeed would-be
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