Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
EPICTETUSA ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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