Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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