Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
EPICTETUSDesire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Only the educated are free.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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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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