Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EPICTETUSDon’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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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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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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