Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
EPICTETUSDon’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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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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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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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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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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