Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
EPICTETUSIt is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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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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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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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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