Desire and happiness cannot live together.
EPICTETUSIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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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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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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 better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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