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orekixakashi: “If the conditions don’t suit you, leave.” — Epictetus
LizRockstdy: “Is anything made better by inattention? Epictetus asked. Of course not! Whether you’re a carpenter or an athlete, investor or an infantry officer, greatness is in the details. Details require self discipline. Even if nobody else notices or cares” Ryan Holiday.
Merilynns130: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
orekixakashi: “For every challenge, remember the resources you have within you to cope with it.” — Epictetus
CircaDiem: "It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."
- Epictetus
orekixakashi: “Everything that you throw at me I will transform into a blessing, a boon.” — Epictetus
akashixoreki: "How long are you going to wait before you demand the best of yourself?" –Epictetus
Calmyourmindnow: "Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it"
-Epictetus
classicmannyc: Finished listening to “A Guide to the Good Life”
grillfren: “Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”
- Epictetus
Stoic_Republic: “Circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations.
Events happen as they do.
People behave as they are.
Embrace what you actually get.”
~Epictetus
orekixakashi: “It is essential that we not respond impulsively…Take a moment before reacting.” — Epictetus
lorrainebits: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
MindsUnbeatable: “So don't make a show of your philosophical learning to the uninitiated, show them by your actions what you have absorbed.”
Epictetus
orekixakashi: “Whatever happens, I can derive some benefit from it.” — Epictetus
akashixoreki: "Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants." Epictetus
WiseStoic: "You are hurt the moment you believe yourself to be." –Epictetus
feedmespeed: “A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.” - Epictetus
BethPapiano: We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
Epictetus
iayushpandey: Origin and Development: Stoicism was founded by the Greek philosopher Zeno of Citium, but it was later developed and popularized by other great thinkers such as Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius.
motivating_you0: First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. -Epictetus
erickmvogeler: "It's impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows." Epictetus
akashixoreki: "Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself." Epictetus
GurgleHurdle: 8. No great thing is created suddenly. —Epictetus
Michael14526489: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
TimelessStoic: This is not the satisfaction of desire that freedom is obtained, but the destruction of desire. --Epictetus
Calmyourmindnow: "Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of one’s desires, but by the removal of desire"
-Epictetus
EdwinClark11: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
Junxid02: If you find yourself to impress others, or are avoiding actions due to fear of what others might think; then you have left the path.
— Epictetus
Blackletter007: "People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them." - Epictetus, the Stoic. (Wrong! I’m disturbed by actual racism and by actual slavery, past and present, dead dude).
playboysecrets: Thousands of years ago, the wise Epictetus once said:
"Any person capable of angering you becomes your master. They can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by them."
Especially with women.
Act but don't react.
CatherSwasti: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
akashixoreki: "Philosophers warn us not to be satisfied with mere learning, but to add practice and then training." Epictetus
akashixoreki: "Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it." Epictetus
MindsUnbeatable: “First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.”
― Epictetus
dailystoic: "Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle." — Epictetus
Calmyourmindnow: "Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of one’s desires, but by the removal of desire"
-Epictetus
akashixoreki: "Philosophers warn us not to be satisfied with mere learning, but to add practice and then training." Epictetus
SnabbyRE: "There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will" -- Epictetus
akashixoreki: "Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it." Epictetus
PricelessTheo: The beauty of Manchester City and awesome anthem. Good morning
MathewCyrus_: No man is free if he is not a master of himself.
~Epictetus
abaddon1215: "We have two ears and only one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak."
-Epictetus
ddhhd2ydxr5: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
lifeofdiego1: 5/7 "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, "The Art of Living" by Epictetus, "A Guide to the Good Life" by William B. Irvine, and "Letters from a Stoic" by Seneca are recommended reading for those interested in Stoicism and the concept of the logos.
craigswanson52: “You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will.”
-- Epictetus
ChabotaMpokota: “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.”
~ Epictetus
matty_pace: “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”- Epictetus
Healthy relationships and impactful figures in life have this in common;
1. Listen first
2. Understand Second
3. Think
4. Produce a response
Stop being the loudest person in the room.
motivating_you0: Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. -Epictetus
ucnwali: “You become what you give your attention to.”
— Epictetus
paul_jkrause: Best Stoic philosopher you should read: Epictetus.
TimelessStoic: Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. --Epictetus
mindsetofstoics: “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." — Epictetus
ShivenChabria: “What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.”
—Epictetus
farnamstreet: “Sheep don’t bring their owners grass to prove to them how much they’ve eaten, they digest it inwardly and outwardly bring forth milk and wool. So don’t make a show of your philosophical learning to the uninitiated, show them by your actions what you have absorbed.”
- Epictetus
WiseStoic: "Don't just say that you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better."
–Epictetus
dailystoic: "Protect your own good in all that you do, and as concerns everything else take what is given as far as you can make reasoned use of it. If you don't, you'll be unlucky, prone to failure, hindered and stymied." — Epictetus
liamgallagher: CHAMPIONS
Aplm888Alana: If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”
~ Epictetus
ElmerHurley4: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
motivating_you0: There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will. -Epictetus
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baderfarass: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
motivating_you0: Only the educated are free. -Epictetus
motivating_you0: It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. -Epictetus
7O4Rm: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
MotivationalUi: Only the educated are free. Epictetus
Guru_Million: Only the educated are free. Epictetus
EmbracingChang5: If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation. - Epictetus
IniLahAkuKAK: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
BwXfQ4h3: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
orekixakashi: "Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it." Epictetus
grimlockid10: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
akashixoreki: "He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." Epictetus
LearningTrader9: ‘Remember that it is we who torment, we who make difficulties for ourselves – that is, our opinions do. What, for instance, does it mean to be insulted? Stand by a rock and insult it, and what have you accomplished? If someone responds to insult like a rock. Epictetus
akashixoreki: Another person will not hurt you without your cooperation. You are hurt the moment you believe yourself to be. –Epictetus
AmsdhAlhafat: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
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D3NNIZZZ: The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters into which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. - Epictetus, Discourses, 2.5.4–5
