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.
EPICTETUSThe key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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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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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Only the educated are free.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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