Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUSWhen 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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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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