What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSTry not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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Every 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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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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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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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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