To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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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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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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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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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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