We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
EPICTETUSWealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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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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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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