Ruin and recovering are both from within.
EPICTETUSKnow you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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