Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
EPICTETUSIt is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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