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.
EPICTETUSSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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 is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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