If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be or they neither are, nor appear to be or they are, and do not appear to be or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise mans task.Epictetus
If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.
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When you have shut your doors, and darkened your room, remember, never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone, but God is within, and your genius is within
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Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to the will, unless the will consent. Lameness is a hindrance to the leg, but not to the will. Say this to yourself at each event that happens, for you shall find that though it hinders something else it will not hinder you....
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Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them.
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