Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
EPICTETUSWe should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Demand 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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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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