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.
EPICTETUSThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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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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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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