What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSThe best place to get help is from yourself.
More Epictetus Quotes
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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