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Epictetus Quote - Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.

Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.

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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Event Judgement Life Live Suffering
Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Inspirational Life One Liner Try Wise
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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Acceptance Demand Expectation Happen Peace Possible
In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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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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Arise Control Neglect Power Suffering Try
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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One Liner Philosophy Reality Sustain
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Consider Listen Need Philosophy Practice
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Behaviour Circumstance Expectation People Understand Wisdom
Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Appearance Done Goodness Inspirational Man Sake
Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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Death Depression Fear Love Pain
By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Acceptance Fight Freedom Life Limitation Work

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