Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
EPICTETUSWe 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.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Only the educated are free.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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