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“Make the best use of what is in your power and take the rest as it happens”
“Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle some things are within our control and some things are not”
“First practice compassion toward yourself then you will know how to practice it with others”
“No man is free who is not master of himself.”
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for those which he has.”
“No man is free who is not master of himself”
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
“No family is free who is not master of himself.”
“No great thing is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig if you tell me that you desire a fig I answer you that there must be time”
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you.”
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
“No great thing is created suddenly.”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will”
“It is not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters”
“It is not things that disturb us, but our judgments about things.”
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
“First say to yourself what you would be and then do what you have to do.”
“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them.”
“It is not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters.”
“Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.”
“It is not so much what happens to you as what you think about what happens to you and how you respond with kindness”
“It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows without the humility of wonder”
“It is not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters and compassion shapes our response”
“Do not explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants”
“If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day. When you reach thirty days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.”
“First learn the meaning of what you say and then speak”
“Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.”
“Men are disturbed not by things but by the view which they take of them”
“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time.”
“No person is free who is not master of themselves. Self-mastery is the gateway to peace.”
“It is not what happens to you but how your family reacts that matters.”
“Only the educated are free”
“One must not tie a ship to a single anchor, nor life to a single hope.”
“First say to yourself what you would be and then do what you have to do”
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.”
“Fearing death is not knowing life.”
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for those which he has through simplicity”
“If you want to improve be content to be thought foolish and stupid”
“It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
“If you wish to be loved, love.”
“It is not things that disturb us but our judgments about things and faith transforms our judgments”
“Do not seek to have everything that happens happen as you wish, but wish for everything to happen as it actually does happen, and your life will be serene.”
“There is only one way to happiness and peace and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond our power.”
“Make the best use of what is in your power and take the rest as it happens in time”
“Difficulties are things that show a person what they are”
“Only the educated are free.”
“No great thing is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig and if you tell me that you desire a fig I answer you that there must be time and faith for growth”
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants and finding peace in that sufficiency.”
“Make the best use of what is in your power and take the rest as it happens.”
“We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgments about them.”
“No one is free who is not master of himself and mastery begins in solitude”
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
“It is difficulties that show what men are.”
“What disturbs men's minds is not events but their judgments on events.”
“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.”
“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”
“Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well.”
“No great thing is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig”
“If you want to improve be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
“First say to yourself what you would be in your family and then do what you have to do.”
“If you wish to be a writer write”
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