It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
EPICTETUSIt takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
EPICTETUSAll religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
EPICTETUSWhen you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EPICTETUSAny person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
EPICTETUSBooks are the training weights of the mind.
EPICTETUSWisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
EPICTETUSDo not try to seem wise to others.
EPICTETUSFreedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUSSuffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
EPICTETUSFreedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUSIt is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
EPICTETUSWealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
EPICTETUSRenew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
EPICTETUSKnow you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
EPICTETUSKeep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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