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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.

Epictetus

Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUS

Believe Beyond Control Freedom Happiness Win
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
EPICTETUS

Character Determination Imagination Personality Role Model Yourself
Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
EPICTETUS

Anxiety Imagination Man Problem Worry
The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
EPICTETUS

Happiness Liberty Life People Right Truth
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.
EPICTETUS

Attitude Damage Laugh Live Thinking
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
EPICTETUS

Consist Greatness Minimalism Possession Want Wealth
Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
EPICTETUS

Account Giving Inspirational Life Positive
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.
EPICTETUS

Defeat Fear Gain Seek Truth Victory
We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
EPICTETUS

Event Judgement Life Live Suffering
Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
EPICTETUS

Arise Control Neglect Power Suffering Try
Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
EPICTETUS

Adopt Association Attitude Negative People Trouble
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
EPICTETUS

Happen Hustle Motivational Philosophy Power Work Hard
It 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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Body Cure Die Live Necessary Soul
You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Concern Creation Giving Motivational Watch Work
Only the educated are free.
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Education Freedom One Liner
Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Book Mind One Liner Training Weight

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