Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUSIt’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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