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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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