The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
EPICTETUSThe people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
EPICTETUSThe world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
EPICTETUSDon’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
EPICTETUSIt is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
EPICTETUSSeek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
EPICTETUSBy accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
EPICTETUSKeep 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.
EPICTETUSTentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
EPICTETUSPeople are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
EPICTETUSRuin and recovering are both from within.
EPICTETUSIt is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
EPICTETUSDon’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
EPICTETUSDifficulty shows what men are.
EPICTETUSNo great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
EPICTETUSWe suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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