"Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things,……" — Epictetus
"Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater."
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353 Quotes by Epictetus
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Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people…
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and…
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Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
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To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God
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Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price…
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Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
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Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not…
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The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
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I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.
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What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
— Marcus Aurelius
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It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the…
— Teresa of Avila
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It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our…
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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
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The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
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To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.
— Abu Bakr
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
— Honore de Balzac
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