Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
EPICTETUSHappiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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