Greek Philosopher Quotes
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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In stark contrast with the views of the Greek philosophers and with those of the rest of western intellectuals to the present day, Chinese Taoist thought always defended individual liberty and laissez-faire while attacking the systematic and coercive use of violence typical of government.
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The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens to them. In this engaging and provocative book, Eldon Taylor provides his readers with specific ways in which their beliefs can lead to success or failure in their life undertakings. Each chapter provides nuggets of wisdom as well as road maps for guiding them toward greater self-understanding, balance, responsibility, and compassion.
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How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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There is nothing permanent except change.
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I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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I have never come across someone who could inspire more respect than the Greek philosophers.
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If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives.
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To live well and honorably and justly are the same thing.
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Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
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Indian monks were the first to choose the garden as the proper setting for their lives, which were devoted to the contemplation of the divine; but with a prophetic eye we may see that the garden will often be dedicated in a like manner: at a later time Greek philosophers, and monks in early Christian days, will retire into their gardens for united, yet silent, contemplation.
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.
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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
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If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
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Giving importance to what we think because we thought it, taking our own selves not only (to quote the Greek philosopher) as the measure of all things but as their norm or standard, we create in ourselves, if not an interpretation, at least a criticism of the universe, which we don't even know and therefore cannot criticize. The giddiest, most weak-minded of us then promote that criticism to an interpretation that's superimposed, like a hallucination; induced rather than deduced. It's a hallucination in the strict sense, being an illusion based on something only dimly seen.
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Most people believe they know how they themselves think, how others think too, and even how institutions evolve. But they are wrong. Their understanding is based on folk psychology, the grasp of human nature by common sense ¾ defined (by Einstein) as everything learned to the age of 18 ¾ shot through with misconceptions, and only slightly advanced over ideas employed by the Greek philosophers
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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