Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
EPICTETUSThe world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
More Epictetus Quotes
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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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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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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