The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
EPICTETUSImagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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