You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
EPICTETUSIt is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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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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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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 better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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