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.
EPICTETUSWealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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