Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
EPICTETUSIf you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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