First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSHappiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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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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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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 not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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