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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.

Epictetus

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Bad Believe Goodness Improvement One Liner
I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
EPICTETUS

Attitude Damage Laugh Live Thinking
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Attitude Concern Human Nature People Thinking
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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Happiness Liberty Life People Right Truth
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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One Liner Philosophy Reality Sustain
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Impossible Learning Man Thinking
Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Appointment Arrive Business Event Happen
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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Angry Disturb Master Permit Person Yourself
Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
EPICTETUS

Appearance Done Goodness Inspirational Man Sake
Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
EPICTETUS

Demand Happen Inspirational Satisfaction
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
EPICTETUS

Death Depression Fear Love Pain
We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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Avoid Body Pralysis Soul Trouble
The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Difficult Motivational Pilot Reputation Skill Storm
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Control Freedom Goals Life Win Worth
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Important Philosophy Silence Speak Wisdom
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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Attention Belong Business Concern Focus True

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