Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
EPICTETUSIt is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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He 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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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