What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSIt 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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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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