If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
EPICTETUSWhat concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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