Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
EPICTETUSHappiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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