Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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If 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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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear 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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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