Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Remember that you are an actor in a play, and the Playwright chooses the manner of it: if he wants it short, it is short; if long, it is long. If he wants you to act a poor man you must act the part with all your powers; and so if your part be a cripple or a magistrate or a plain man. For your business is to act the character that is given you and
... See moreEpictetus • The Manual For Living
“There is only one way to happiness,” Epictetus taught the Romans, “and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
Dale Carnegie • How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Dale Carnegie Books)
above all, don’t talk about people, either to praise or criticize them, or to compare them.
Epictetus • Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford World's Classics)
Epictetus is reminding you that serenity and stability are results of your choices and judgment, not your environment.
Ryan Holiday • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
Epictetus is reminding you that serenity and stability are results of your choices and judgment, not your environment.