In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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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 best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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