It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
EPICTETUSDifficulty shows what men are.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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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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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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