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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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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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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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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