5 Epictetus Quotes That Have Transformed The Way I Live My Life
<p>Atthe beginning of the Spring semester, I stepped into what would be <strong>my first and only college philosophy class — where I learned about a man named Epictetus for the first time.</strong></p>
<p>Anyone who’s ever read about stoic philosophy or read anything from </p>
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<p> has probably heard of him.</p>
<p>He was a man who began as a slave and then went on to inspire people for centuries to come —<strong><em> including myself</em></strong>. For philosophy class, we read<strong> the </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchiridion_of_Epictetus" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Enchiridion of Epictetus</strong></a><strong>, something I studied deeply</strong>, far beyond the requirements for the class simply because of how many intelligent and helpful things he says.</p>
<p>Here are a few quotes from him that have positively shaped my view of life and improved my everyday actions, thoughts, and personal philosophy for life:</p>
<h2>“Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.”</h2>
<p>This quote has been written on a sticky note on my mirror since I first heard it.</p>
<p><strong>So many people in our world today sit around and talk about what they believe and what they think.</strong> While there is certainly merit to that, <em>doesn’t what a man does say so much more than what he says?</em></p>
<p>We haven’t really accepted a philosophy until we’re living it out in the circumstances of our daily life — particularly those that are difficult and give necessitation to different philosophies of life to deal with certain situations that arise.</p>
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