It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
EPICTETUSFreedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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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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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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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 demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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