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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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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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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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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