CURATED COLLECTION

Accepting What You Cannot Change

Equanimity is not indifference — it is the hard-won ability to bear what cannot be undone.

81 quotes found

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The natural law of peoples arose from customs, which the nations established.

—Giambattista VicoPhilosopher

Enlightenment ERA • Southern Europe

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Delay is preferable to error.

—Thomas JeffersonPresident

Enlightenment ERA • North America

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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

—HerodotusHistorian

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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History has never been made by happy people.

—Boris PilnyakNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

—CiceroStatesman, Lawyer & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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History is the record of human society and its transformations.

—Ibn KhaldunHistorian & Sociologist

Medieval ERA • North Africa

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Do not be hasty in words or deeds; think before you act.

—Abai QunanbaiulyPoet, Composer & Philosopher

Industrial Age ERA • Central Asia

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Progress is simply a function of how much energy you apply to a problem.

—Elon MuskEntrepreneur & Engineer

Digital Age ERA • North America

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You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

—Marcus AureliusEmperor & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Thinking is always out of order, interrupts all ordinary activities and is itself interrupted by them.

—Hannah ArendtPolitical Philosopher

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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We always overestimate change in two years, underestimate change in ten years.

—Bill GatesEntrepreneur & Philanthropist

Late Modern ERA • North America

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History is a great teacher. Men who ignore it are condemned to repeat it.

—Haile SelassieEmperor

Post-War ERA • East Africa

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Human institutions are not born, but made.

—Giambattista VicoPhilosopher

Enlightenment ERA • Southern Europe

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I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

—George WashingtonPresident & General

Enlightenment ERA • North America

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There's no way out, and that itself is the way out.

—László KrasznahorkaiNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

—Anton ChekhovWriter & Playwright

Industrial Age ERA • Eastern Europe

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It's always hard to be a pioneer.

—Mikhail SholokhovNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally.

—Audrey HepburnActress & Humanitarian

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

—LaoziPhilosopher & Author

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

—Ousmane SembèneNovelist

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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