Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
EPICTETUSYou become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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