All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
EPICTETUSIf you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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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 wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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