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.
EPICTETUSProgress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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