What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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