Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
EPICTETUSKeep 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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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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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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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