Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
EPICTETUSIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
More Epictetus Quotes
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Only the educated are free.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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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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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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