In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
EPICTETUSA ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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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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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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