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Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford Worlds Classics)

'About things that are within our power and those that are not.' Epictetus' Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They set out the core ethic

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“Pretend it happened to someone else. How would you explain it to them? What advice would you give them?”

— Epictetus, amazon.com

Tagged: Perspective

“Imagine the bad thing happened to someone else. How much easier is it to write it off and be calm about it?”

— Epictetus, amazon.com

Tagged: Perspective

“The present alone is true and actual; it is the only time which possesses full reality and our existence lies in it exclusively.”

— Epictetus, amazon.com

Tagged: present

“To be heard, you have to agree you have been harmed. So you are complicit in our injuries.”

— Epictetus, amazon.com

Tagged: Nerve

“Don't let the force of an impression when it first hits you knock you off your feet; just say to it: Hold on a moment; let me see who you are and what you represent. Let me put you to the test.”

— Epictetus, amazon.com

Tagged: Impressions

“Whoever chafes at the conditions dealt by fate is unskilled in the art of life; whoever bears them nobly and makes wise use of them is a man who deserves to be considered good.”

— Epictetus, amazon.com

Tagged: emotions

“Every circumstance represents an opportunity.”

— Epictetus, amazon.com

Tagged: Seize The Moment

“There are three things in which a man ought to exercise himself who would be wise and good. The first concerns the desires and the aversions that a man may not fail to get what he desires, and that he may not fall into that which he does not desire. The second concerns the movements (toward) and the…”

— Epictetus, amazon.com

Tagged: Obstacles