Only the educated are free.
EPICTETUSFreedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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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 greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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