Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
EPICTETUSWe suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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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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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Only the educated are free.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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