Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
EPICTETUSHe who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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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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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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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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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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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