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.
EPICTETUSSuffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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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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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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.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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It 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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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