A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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He 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 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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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 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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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