Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
EPICTETUSDon’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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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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Only the educated are free.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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