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Happiness Quotes by Epictetus
- The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
- Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
- Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.
- Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.
- Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only…
- Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
- Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
- God has made all men to be happy.
- It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united.
- Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with your purpose. Do…
- There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
- It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
- He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
- The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
- Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
- If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything…
- 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…
- 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…
- To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals,…
- The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.
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- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
- Friendship is essentially a partnership. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and… — Aristotle
- It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make… — Richard Bach
- In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach