Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
EPICTETUSYou can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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