"Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself."
— Zeno of Citium
Wellbeing Is Attained By Little And
Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.
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Attributed to Zeno of Citium in Diogenes Laertius's Lives of the Eminent Philosophers (Book VII). The Stoics used the Greek word eudaimonia (often translated "happiness" or "flourishing") to describe the condition of the person who lives in accordance with virtue and reason. Zeno's point is that eudaimonia is not a large, dramatic achievement but the cumulative result of small correct choices and habits — yet its value is in no way diminished by the smallness of its building blocks. The same paradox — great results from small causes — runs through Musonius Rufus's Discourse 6 on training.
Source
Attributed, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, Book VII
