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Epictetus Quote - Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUS

Believe Beyond Control Freedom Happiness Win
We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
EPICTETUS

Avoid Body Pralysis Soul Trouble
Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Moments Patience Reaction Situation Try Yourself
We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Believe Confidence Faith Inspirational Time
We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Event Judgement Life Live Suffering
Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
EPICTETUS

Demand Happen Inspirational Satisfaction
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Content Fools Improvement Stupid Want
He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Greedy Happiness Human Nature Life
Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Goodness Inspirational Life Seek Wisdom Yourself
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.
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Aspiration People Regard Spiritual Superior Yourself
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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Attention Belong Business Concern Focus True
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Bad Believe Goodness Improvement One Liner
If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Defeat Fear Gain Seek Truth Victory
To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Deed Inspirational Life Live Virtue
By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Acceptance Fight Freedom Life Limitation Work
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Important Philosophy Silence Speak Wisdom

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