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Pain or pleasure? I say pleasure.
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent.
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Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time, nor does it take away the freedom of speech which proceeds from justice but it gives to us the knowledge of what is just and lawful, separating from them the unjust and refuting them.
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Law intends indeed to do service to human life, but it is not able when men do not choose to accept her services for it is only in those who are obedient to her that she displays her special virtue.
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Think of God more often than thou breathest.
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To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.
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If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit give it nothing which may tend to its increase.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.
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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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Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt I am of the same mind as Thou art I am Thine I refuse nothing that pleases Thee lead me where Thou wilt clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.
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We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.
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Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed evils avoided powers daily exercised careful resolutions unerring decisions.
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Seek not the good in external thingsseek it in yourselves.
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He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems
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Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
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The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.
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A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
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Freedom isn't the right or ability to do whatever you please. Freedom comes from understanding the limits of our own power and the inherent limits set in place by nature. By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, you become truly free.
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