The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EPICTETUSIt is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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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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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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