The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
EPICTETUSBy accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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