Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
EPICTETUSSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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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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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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