Epictetus

It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus ↗

— Epictetus

#inspirational #attitude

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them. ↗

— Epictetus

#overcoming-fear #men

It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even death is terrible only if we fear it. ↗

— Epictetus

#control #philosophy #attitude

We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free. ↗

— Epictetus

#education

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new. ↗

— Epictetus

#reincarnation #religion #religion

Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness ↗

— Epictetus

#inspirational

Don't live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature ↗

— Epictetus

#inspirational

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well ↗

— Epictetus

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Kein Mensch, der in Furcht oder Sorge oder Chaos lebt, ist frei, aber wer sich von Sorgen, Furcht und Chaos befreit, wird dadurch auch aus der Sklaverei befreit. ↗

— Epictetus

#freedom #freedom

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them. ↗

— Epictetus

#people #take #them #things #view