Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
EPICTETUSIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
More Epictetus Quotes
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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 world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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