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Epictetus
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, and desires and the demons that distract us from these goals. Outside of our control are such things as what kind of body we have, whether or not we are born into wealth, and how we are regarded by others.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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When we name things correctly, we comprehend them correctly, without adding information or judgements that aren't there. Does someone bathe quickly? Don't say be bathes poorly, but quickly. Name the situation as it is, don't filter it through your judgments. Give your assent only to that which is actually true.
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Seek not good from without seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
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Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be or they neither are, nor appear to be or they are, and do not appear to be or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.
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Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Think of God oftener than you breathe.
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You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful.
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Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be long. If he wishes you to represent a poor man, do so heartily if a cripple, or a magistrate, or a private man, in each case act your part with honor.
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I am always content with what happens for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.
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You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.
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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
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When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
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I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.
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He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.
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As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.
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Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths.
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