Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
EPICTETUSDifficulty shows what men are.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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Only the educated are free.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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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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