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Epictetus Quote - Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

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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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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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