Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
EPICTETUSA ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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