It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
EPICTETUSWhen 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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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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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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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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