Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
EPICTETUSIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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