Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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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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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Only the educated are free.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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