There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Quote by Epictetus
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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Epictetus Quotes
- Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
- Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
- If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
- The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
- Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
- God has entrusted me with myself.
- 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 brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
- Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
- First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
- It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
Best Quotes
- I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now.
- The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
- The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties blind faith the one unpardonable sin.
- If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.
- Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.
- I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
- We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.
- All great peoples are conservative.
- Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
- Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.