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Epictetus Quote - Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.

Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.

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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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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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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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