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Epictetus Quote - You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.

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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Arise Control Neglect Power Suffering Try
We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Event Judgement Life Live Suffering
The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Happiness Liberty Life People Right Truth
He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Greedy Happiness Human Nature Life
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Attitude Insult Let Go Opinion Philosophy Strike
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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Aspire Extraordinary Inspirational Time Vague Wise
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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Business Finish Motivational Patience Start Success
Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Desire Happiness Live One Liner Togetherness
Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Effort Exercise Motivational One Liner Outcome Work Hard
It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Deep Expectation People Reality Yourself
Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Behaviour Circumstance Expectation People Understand Wisdom
Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Abandonment Break Up Let Go Togetherness Worth
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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Beyong Cease Happiness Let Go Power Worry
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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Alone Appearance Impression Life People Strength
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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Acceptance Demand Expectation Happen Peace Possible
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Bad Believe Goodness Improvement One Liner

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