William B. Irvine Quotes
Top 13 wise famous quotes and sayings by William B. Irvine
William B. Irvine Famous Quotes & Sayings
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one wonderful way to tame our tendency to always want more is to persuade ourselves to want the things we already have.
How, after all, can we convince ourselves to want the things we already have? THE STOICS THOUGHT they had an answer to this question.
Pre-Socratic philosophy begins ... with the discovery of Nature; Socratic philosophy begins with the discovery of man's soul."3
We need, in other words, to learn how to enjoy things without feeling entitled to them and without clinging to them.
Your primary desire, says Epictetus, should be your desire not to be frustrated by forming desires you won't be able to fulfill.