It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
EPICTETUSRuin and recovering are both from within.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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