Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
EPICURUSFreedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
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If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness.
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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
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Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
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You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
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