It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
EPICTETUSIs freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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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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