There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
EPICTETUSWe all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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