Do not try to seem wise to others.
EPICTETUSRuin and recovering are both from within.
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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.
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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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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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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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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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