The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
EPICTETUSBooks are the training weights of the mind.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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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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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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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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