Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
EPICTETUSThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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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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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Only the educated are free.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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