Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. ― Epictetus

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Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others. ― Epictetus

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Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.- Immanuel Kant

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No man is free who is not master of himself. ― Epictetus

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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him. ― Epictetus

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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. ― Epictetus

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Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself. ― Epictetus

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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. ― Epictetus

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Pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. – Paulo Coelho

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It is only when we take chances that our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson

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