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.
EPICTETUSFreedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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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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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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