It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
EPICTETUSMen are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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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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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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