We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
EPICTETUSIf you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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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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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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