No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
EPICTETUSIf 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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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