We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
EPICTETUSHappiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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