Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
EPICTETUSDesire and happiness cannot live together.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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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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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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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.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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