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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.

Epictetus

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Abundance Die Fear Hunger Live Trouble
It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Business Finish Motivational Patience Start Success
Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Explanation Express Philosophy
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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Ears Giving Hear Nature Speak Tongue
Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Book Mind One Liner Training Weight
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Consider Listen Need Philosophy Practice
No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Finding Healing Inspirational Person Yourself
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Attitude Concern Human Nature People Thinking
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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Body Cure Die Live Necessary Soul
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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Adopt Association Attitude Negative People Trouble
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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Acceptance Demand Expectation Happen Peace Possible
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Going Man Philosophy Wisdom World
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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Aspire Extraordinary Inspirational Time Vague Wise
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Control Freedom Goals Life Win Worth
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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Beyong Cease Happiness Let Go Power Worry
Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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Endure Introduce Life Opportunity Resource Strength

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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