It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
EPICTETUSPeople are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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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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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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