"Seek not the good in external things;seek it…" — Epictetus
"Seek not the good in external things;seek it in yourselves."
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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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And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.
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You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination, but pure and stripped of what…
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature…
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and…
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What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express…
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Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.
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God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way…
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Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
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