Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
EPICTETUSThere 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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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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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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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