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.
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.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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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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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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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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