A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
EPICTETUSHe who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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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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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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