Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
EPICTETUSEvery 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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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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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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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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