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External Things Quotes by Epictetus
- The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
- There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all…
- You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various…
- If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. Don't wish to be thought to know…
- Seek not the good in external things;seek it in yourselves.
- God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that his happiness shall…
More External Things Quotes
- The senses do not enable us to cognize any entity in its Being; they merely serve to announce the ways in which… — Martin Heidegger
- To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or… — Eckhart Tolle
- Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly… — Daniel Boone
- All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy… — Eckhart Tolle
- Happiness can only be found within, by breaking attachments to external things and cultivating an attitude of acceptance. — Jonathan Haidt
- All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy… — Eckhart Tolle
- There's something therapeutic about nudity. Clothing is one of the external things about a character. Take away the Gucci or Levi's and… — Kevin Bacon
- The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness… — Joseph Butler