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A thing either is what it appears to be or it is not, but yet appears to be or it is, but does not appear to be or it is not, and does not appear to be.
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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It is not my place in society that makes me well off, but my judgements, and these I can carry with me... These alone are my own and cannot be taken away.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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He is free who lives as he wishes to live who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force whose movements to action are not impeded, whose desires attain their purpose, and who does not fall into that which he would avoid.
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The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.
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What is death? A scary mask. Take it off-see, it doesn't bite.
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Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him happy are those achieved against himself. Temptations and tests are combats. You have beaten one, two, many times still fight. If you defeat at last you will be happy your entire life, as if you have always defeated.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.
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Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
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If you would be a reader, read if a writer, write.
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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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I am always content with what happens for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.
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Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If it concerns anything outside your control, train yourself not to worry about it.
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Whoever wants to be free, therefore, let him not want or avoid anything that is up to others. Otherwise he will necessarily be a slave.
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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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Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
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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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When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.
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