Epictetus on avoid
Epictetus94 quotes“We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.”
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
EpictetusEpictetus Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
EpictetusEpictetus We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
EpictetusEpictetus Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
EpictetusEpictetus Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
EpictetusEpictetus It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
EpictetusEpictetus Difficulty shows what men are.
EpictetusEpictetus By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
EpictetusEpictetus The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
EpictetusEpictetus Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EpictetusEpictetus Only the educated are free.
EpictetusEpictetus Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
EpictetusEpictetus The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EpictetusEpictetus Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
EpictetusEpictetus The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EpictetusEpictetus We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Anand ThakurAnand Thakur If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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