What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSThe greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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