Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
EPICTETUSRuin and recovering are both from within.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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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 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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