People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSNature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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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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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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