“It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: death
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Not every difficult and dangerous thing is
“Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: success
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If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace,
“If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: happiness
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God has entrusted me with myself.
“God has entrusted me with myself.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: god
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There is only one way to happiness
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: happiness
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions,
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: great
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The essence of philosophy is that a
“The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: happiness
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It is not death or pain that
“It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: fear
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Make the best use of what is
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: power
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