Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
EPICTETUSIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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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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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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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 become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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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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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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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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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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