Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
EPICTETUSWe should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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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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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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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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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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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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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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