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Epictetus Quote - It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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