Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
EPICTETUSDo not try to seem wise to others.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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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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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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