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Seek not the good in external thingsseek it in yourselves.
Epictetus
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Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.
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Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.
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These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.
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We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment of fear itself only should we be afraid.
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Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror but it is not accomplished without sweat.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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As in walking it is your great care not to run your foot upon a nail, or to tread awry, and strain your leg so let it be in all the affairs of human life, not to hurt your mind or offend your judgment. And this rule, if observed carefully in all your deportment, will be a mighty security to you in your undertakings.
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On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
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Act well your given part the choice rests not with you.
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What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.
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If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.
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