Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
EPICTETUSFreedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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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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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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