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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

Epictetus

It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
EPICTETUS

Deep Expectation People Reality Yourself
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
EPICTETUS

Handle Happen Inspirational Matter Reaction
Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
EPICTETUS

Attitude Inspirational Men Thinking Trouble
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
EPICTETUS

Beyong Cease Happiness Let Go Power Worry
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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Acceptance Attitude Happen Ignorance Power
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
EPICTETUS

Attitude Insult Let Go Opinion Philosophy Strike
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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Body Cure Die Live Necessary Soul
Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
EPICTETUS

Accident Achievement Improvement Inspirational Luck Progress
Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
EPICTETUS

Account Giving Inspirational Life Positive
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
It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
EPICTETUS

Aspire Extraordinary Inspirational Time Vague Wise
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
EPICTETUS

Consist Greatness Minimalism Possession Want Wealth
You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Concern Creation Giving Motivational Watch Work
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
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Important Philosophy Silence Speak Wisdom
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

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