7 Lessons Of Wisdom From Epictetus That Will Change Your Life Forever

How should you live your life? This is one of the most important questions that you will probably ask yourself at least once in your lifetime.

You will wonder about what you should do in order to bring meaning to your life. Your mind will start pondering some of the essential questions of existence.

What is really important, and what is just a side show?

Many times, this questioning will come at crucial milestones in your life journey, or at times of great difficulty and despair.

Luckily, there is guidance available and some of the most profound thoughts on this were formed already two thousand years ago.

Yet this man was born a slave and supposedly had one of his legs maimed by a former cruel master, so that he always walked with a limp.

This did not deter him from living a good life and achieving happiness.

Epictetus was not a theoretical philosopher living in his own world, but instead tried to make his philosophy down-to-earth and practical.

This advice can be taken and applied in the real world as a guide for your day-to-day life.

His powerful words served as inspiration for many people undergoing hard times.

Picture this: a man sitting in a prison with no knowledge whether he will ever get out.

At that moment, if he were like most other people, the prisoner would feel that all hope is gone.

However, in this case his mind is strong. Instead he turns his thoughts inwards and draws inspiration from Epictetus.

The year is 1967, and the man is James Stockdale, an American pilot captured by the Vietnamese and put in a prisoner of war camp.

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