Epictetus on finding
Epictetus94 quotes“No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.”
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
EpictetusEpictetus Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
EpictetusEpictetus It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
EpictetusEpictetus Difficulty shows what men are.
EpictetusEpictetus By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
EpictetusEpictetus The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
EpictetusEpictetus Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EpictetusEpictetus Only the educated are free.
EpictetusEpictetus 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.
EpictetusEpictetus The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EpictetusEpictetus 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.
EpictetusEpictetus The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EpictetusEpictetus We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
EpictetusEpictetus It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
EpictetusEpictetus Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
EpictetusEpictetus 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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