It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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