No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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