We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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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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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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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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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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