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Think of God oftener than you breathe.
Epictetus
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Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.
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Everything has two handles,-one by which it may be borne another by which it cannot.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think of them.
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The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.
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Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions–in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not our own doing.
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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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Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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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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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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