Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
EPICTETUSFreedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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