It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
EPICTETUSIs freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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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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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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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