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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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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance. Things and people are not what we wish them to be nor are they what they seem to be. They are what they are.
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Pain or pleasure? I say pleasure.
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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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What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse.
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A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
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If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
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If you would be a reader, read if a writer, write.
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A soul that makes virtue its companion is like an over-flowing well, for it is clean and pellucid, sweet and wholesome, open to all, rich, blameless and indestructible.
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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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With ills unending strives the putter off.
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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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Seek to be the purple thread in the long white gown.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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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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