Quotes of 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.

- Epictetus

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“ I find it odd the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Sometimes you never realize how much you like someone, until you watch them liking someone else. ”

- Unknown

“ I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. ”

- Robert Frost

“ I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ Love is like a gold mine, The deeper you dig in your heart, the more love you receive. ”

- Bzam

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. ”

- Anthony Robbins

“ That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and the fact that I’m gay: well, the fact that I’m flamboyantly gay. ”

- Ross Mathews

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ What if it becomes less about how we look and more about how much we care? What if it becomes less about how much money we earn and more about how much we share our good fortune? Imagine a world where who we are in our hearts is the ultimate status symbol. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ Perfect is annoying, boring, and impossible to sustain. Knowing how to translate conscientiousness into something beyond the fleeting satisfaction of “me” toward a “we” mindset is the best move you can make. ”

- Kristen Lee

“ If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. ”

- Mary Roberts Rinehart

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ Stop hating yourself for everything you aren’t and start loving yourself for everything you already are. ”

- Unknown

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency. ”

- Shah Asad Rizvi