It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
EPICTETUSKnow you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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