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Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things

Does it seem to you so small and worthless a thing to be good and happy?

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life

If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault; for God has made all men to be happy, to be free from perturbations.

Have you anything better or greater to see than the sun, the moon, the stars, the whole earth, the sea?

See that you do nothing like a sheep; but if you do, in this case also the man is lost.

Do not admire your clothes, and then you will not be angry with the thief.

Will you not go back, and you will see clearer when you have laid aside fear?

If I have set my admiration on the poor body, I have given myself up to be a slave; if on my poor possessions, I also make myself a slave.

Keep by every means what is your own; do not desire what belongs to others.

It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.

Wretch, you are carrying about a god with you, and you know it not.

If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers.

I am by Nature made for my own good; not for my own evil.