It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
EPICTETUSThe more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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