It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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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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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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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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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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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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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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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