There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
EPICTETUSIt is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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