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.
EPICTETUSWhoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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The 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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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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