The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
EPICTETUSIt is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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