The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
EPICTETUSWe should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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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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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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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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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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If 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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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