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.
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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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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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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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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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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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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