Epictetus Quotes - Page 7

• All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

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  Life, Spiritual, Acceptance

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• Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

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  Understanding, Principles, Clear

  Epictetus, Sharon Lebell (2013). “The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• 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.

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  Men, Unhappy, Remember

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

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• No es una demostración de amabilidad o amistad hacia las personas que nos importan unirse a ellas en la complacencia de sentimientos negativos y equivocados. Nos hacemos un mejor servicio a nosotros mismos y a los demás si nos mantenemos distantes y evitamos las reacciones melodramáticas.

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  Motivación, Amabilidad, Personas

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

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  Inspiración, Vida, Motivación

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• El silencio es más seguro que la palabra.

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  Silencio, Discurso, Quietud

  Epictetus (1916). “The Discourses and Manual: Together with Fragments of His Writings”

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• 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.

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  Philosophy, Men, Novices

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

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  Motivational, Business, Lying

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

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• In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.

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  Friends, Adversity, Prosperity

  Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• No eres más que una apariencia, y no absolutamente lo que aparentas ser.

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  Apariencia

  Epictetus (2012). “The Handbook of Epictetus”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• Fight against yourself, recover yourself to decency, to modesty, to freedom. And, in the first place, condemn your actions; but when you have condemned them, do not despair of yourself. For both ruin and recovery are from within.

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  Recovery, Fighting, Over You

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.354

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• If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.

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  Thinking, Sorrow, Wish

  Epictetus, George Long (2004). “Enchiridion”, p.53, Courier Corporation

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• We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.

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  Soul, Use, Dread

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.17

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• At every occasion in your life, do not forget to commune with
  yourself and ask of yourself how you can profit by it.

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  Forget, Profit, Communes

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• Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

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  Inspire, Contentment, Want

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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.

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  Life, Wish, Events

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

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• La enfermedad es un estorbo para el cuerpo, pero no para tu capacidad de elegir, a menos que esa sea tu elección. La cojera es un obstáculo para la pierna, pero no para tu capacidad de elegir. Dite esto a ti mismo con respecto a todo lo que sucede, entonces verás tales obstáculos como impedimentos para otra cosa, pero no para ti mismo.

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  Responsibility, Choices, Body

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

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• If you would be good, first believe that you are bad.

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  Believe, Would Be, Firsts

  "The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments".

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• If someone irritates you, it is only your own response that is irritating you. Therefore, when anyone seems to be provoking you, remember that it is only your judgment of the incident that provokes you. -

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  Irritated, Remember, Judgment

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• Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths.

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  Character, Pay The Price, Volunteer

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• Lampis, el armador, cuando le preguntaron cómo había adquirido su gran riqueza, respondió: "Mi gran riqueza la adquirí sin dificultad, pero mi pequeña riqueza, mis primeras ganancias, con mucho trabajo".

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  Ships, Gains, Firsts

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• All human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means - for example, wealth and status - with that life itself. This misguided focus on the means to a good life makes people get further from the happy life. The really worthwhile things are the virtuous activities that make up the happy life, not the external means that may seem to produce it.

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  Vida, Motivación, Felicidad

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• Embrace reality. Think about what delights you - the small luxuries on which you depend, the people whom you cherish most. But remember that they have their own distinct character, which is quite a separate matter from how we happen to regard them.

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  Character, Thinking, Reality

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• Los acontecimientos no ocurren porque sí, sino que llegan con cita previa.

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  Inspirational, Events, Appointments

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• Imagínate un personaje, una personalidad modélica, cuyo ejemplo decidas seguir, tanto en privado como en público.

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  Character, Role Models, Follow Your Heart

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