When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EPICTETUSThe more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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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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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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