Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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