Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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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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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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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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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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