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.
EPICTETUSDesire and happiness cannot live together.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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