Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
EPICTETUSNothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
More Epictetus Quotes
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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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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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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