Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
EPICTETUSDon’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
EPICTETUSWe all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
EPICTETUSHappiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
EPICTETUSKnow you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
EPICTETUSAuthentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
EPICTETUSMen are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
EPICTETUSThere is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
EPICTETUSFreedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUSWhat concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSRuin and recovering are both from within.
EPICTETUSIt is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
EPICTETUSWhen something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
EPICTETUSIf you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
EPICTETUSCircumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
EPICTETUSThe world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
EPICTETUSDon’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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