It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
EPICTETUSSeek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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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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