When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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