Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
EPICTETUSNo matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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