Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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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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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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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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