Dive into the wisdom of Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher, with these powerful quotes that inspire self-control and inner strength. Learn valuable life lessons to master your emotions and navigate challenges with a calm and focused mindset.
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00:00It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
00:21Life consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
00:35Freedom is the only worthy goal in life.
00:39It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
00:51You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
01:00First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
01:13No man is free who is not master of himself.
01:23The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
01:36It is not things themselves that disturb us, but our interpretation of those things.
01:52To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.
02:03The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth
02:14your best.
02:21When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves
02:29for approval.
02:35He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.
02:48No great thing is created suddenly.
02:57If you seek truth, you must be prepared for the consequences of the truth.
03:10To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.
03:24Do not let your focus be on other people's behavior, but on your own.
03:36The essence of philosophy is that a man should live according to nature, accepting what happens
03:46without complaint.
03:53It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
04:03You are not just what happens to you.
04:08You are how you handle what happens to you.
04:18Justice and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
04:27Some things are within our control, and some things are not.
04:38The only way to deal with the future is to function efficiently in the present.
04:53Every action is the result of a choice, and our choices define us.
05:08Avoid the temptation of seeking external validation.
05:14It is your own approval that truly matters.
05:24What upsets people is not the events themselves, but their perception of those events.
05:38The impediment to action advances action.
05:44What stands in the way becomes the way.
05:54Be not simply good, be good for something.
06:04It is not the events of life that disturb us, but our judgment about them.
06:17A person's worth is measured by how they handle their own failures and mistakes.
06:32Embrace what happens and make the best of it.
06:38Life is too short to resist what you cannot change.