Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
EPICTETUSIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
More Epictetus Quotes
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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