You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
EPICTETUSHe 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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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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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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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’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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