The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
EPICTETUSWe all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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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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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.
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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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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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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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