Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
EPICTETUSAll philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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