He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
EPICTETUSDon’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Only the educated are free.
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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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