People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSAuthentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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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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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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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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