What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSAttach 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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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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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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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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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