Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
EPICTETUSFreedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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Only the educated are free.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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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.
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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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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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