15 Deep Philosophy Quotes from "Epictetus"
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1. There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
2. From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob.
3. When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
4. Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
5. Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
6. People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
7. Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
8. Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
9. It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
10. If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
11. Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
12. We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them
13. There is no shame in making an honest effort.
14. Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.
15. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do - now.
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