Epictetus on deed
Epictetus94 quotes“To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.”
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
EpictetusEpictetus Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
EpictetusEpictetus It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
EpictetusEpictetus If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
EpictetusEpictetus Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
EpictetusEpictetus We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
EpictetusEpictetus Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
EpictetusEpictetus Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
EpictetusEpictetus It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
EpictetusEpictetus Difficulty shows what men are.
EpictetusEpictetus By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
EpictetusEpictetus The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
EpictetusEpictetus Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EpictetusEpictetus Only the educated are free.
EpictetusEpictetus Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
EpictetusEpictetus The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Words that do not match deeds are unimportant.
Che GuevaraChe Guevara Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
HomerHomer I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
PythagorasPythagoras You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
DemocritusDemocritus The word is the shadow of the deed.
DemocritusDemocritus We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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