When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EPICTETUSWhat concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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