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People Quotes by Epictetus
- Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no…
- A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.
- The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
- What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.
- It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings. We…
- Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they…
- What disturbs people, these are not things, but the judgments relating to things
- What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
- 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…
- And be silent for the most part, or else make only the most necessary remarks, and express these in few words. But rarely, and when…
- When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation…
- Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will…
- The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
- People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
- Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going…
- Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
- We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle