The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
EPICTETUSHe is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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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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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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