Chuck Chakrapani > Quotes

“You cannot really lose anything because you don’t own anything in the first place. Not the stuff you have, nor your spouse, nor your property. They are given to you for temporary keep.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“Remember how wisely you understand when others face unfortunate situations. Apply the same wisdom when something unfortunate happens to you. Learn to accept whatever happens.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“But first you should stop applying labels like “good” and “bad” to what is not under your control.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“If you have chosen a simple life, don’t make a show of it. If you want to practice simplicity, do so quietly and for yourself, not for others.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“If you can make money remaining honest, trustworthy, and dignified, by all means do it. But you don’t have to make money if you have to compromise your integrity.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters ―EPICTETU”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“You can, however, avoid disappointment and be free if you do not desire or avoid things that other people control.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“Don’t wish for things to happen the way you would like them to. Rather, welcome whatever happens. This is the path to peace, freedom, and happiness.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“The labels good and bad apply only to things under your control.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“Everything in nature moves away from whatever is harmful and moves towards whatever is helpful.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“Events don’t disturb people; the way they think about events does.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“Your actions are the only things you can be proud of”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“How can what someone else chooses to do dishonour you?”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“So when we are frustrated, angry or unhappy, let’s hold ourselves responsible for these emotions because they are the result of our judgments. No one else is responsible for them.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“If you are richer than me, you have more money than me; if you are a more persuasive speaker, you have better persuasive skills. But you are not your wealth, your diction, or any of the things you own.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“The struggle is great, the task divine, to win a kingdom, to win freedom, happiness, to win serenity of mind.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, Unshakable Freedom: Ancient Stoic Secrets Applied to Modern Life

“To achieve freedom and happiness, you need to grasp this basic truth: some things in life are under your control, and others are not.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“The Stoic would say that external things are a part of reality, and therefore they are neither good nor bad. Since we don’t control them, we should be indifferent to them. External things are givens, and we find freedom and happiness using what is under our control. As Epictetus put it, “It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”[21]”
― Chuck Chakrapani, Unshakable Freedom: Ancient Stoic Secrets Applied to Modern Life

“Remember that for every challenge you face, you have the resources within you to cope with that challenge.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“If you desire and avoid only those things that are under your control, then you will not feel victimized by things you dislike. But if you resent unavoidable things like illness, misfortune, or death, that are not under your control, you are headed for disappointment.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“How long will you put off demanding the best of yourself? When will you use reason to decide what is best? You now know the principles. You claim to understand them. Then why aren’t you putting these principles into practice? What kind of teacher are you waiting for? You are not a child anymore; you are fully grown. Don’t be lazy and give excuse after excuse. If you continue to do this, your lack of progress may be hidden but, in the end, you will have lived a mediocre life. Decide that you are an adult, and you are going to devote the rest of your life to making progress. Stick closely to what is best. If you are distracted by pleasure or pain, glory or disrepute, realize that the time is now. The game has started and waiting any further is not an option. Win or lose will be decided today. Use reason to meet every challenge.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“IT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU,
BUT HOW YOU REACT TO IT
THAT MATTERS. EPICTETUS”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“When you blame others for your negative feelings, you are being ignorant. When you blame yourself for your negative feelings, you are making progress. You are being wise when you stop blaming yourself or others.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“You do not care if others think you are naïve or stupid.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“Adapt to cold, heat, thirst, hunger, plain food, a hard bed, abstinence from pleasure and endurance of strenuous labor.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, Unshakable Freedom: Ancient Stoic Secrets Applied to Modern Life

“Piety does not exist apart from self-interest.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“If the conversation turns to philosophical principles, keep silent for the most part. Do not be in a hurry to show off what you think you know even before you have digested fully what you learned.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“For you, every sign is auspicious, if you want it to be that way. Whatever happens, you can derive benefit from it.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“If you think you can control things over which you have no control, then you will be hindered and disturbed. You will start complaining and become a fault-finding person. But if you deal with only those things under your control, no one can force you to do anything you don’t want to do; no one can stop you. You will have no enemy, and no harm will come to you.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

“You cannot be in agreement with nature and, at the same time, care about things outside your control.”
― Chuck Chakrapani, The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion