It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
EPICTETUSDemand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they 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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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Only the educated are free.
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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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