Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
EPICTETUSWe should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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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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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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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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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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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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