We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
EPICTETUSDesire and happiness cannot live together.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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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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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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