All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
EPICTETUSNo man is free who is not master of himself.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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We 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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Only the educated are free.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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