Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUSThe key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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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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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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