You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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