I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
EPICTETUSTentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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