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- You lose only the things you have
- If someone irritates you, it is only your own response that is irritating you. Therefore, when anyone seems to be provoking you, remember that it…
- Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.
- In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate…
- We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
- Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other…
- Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only…
- When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
- 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…
- And be silent for the most part, or else make only the most necessary remarks, and express these in few words. But rarely, and when…
- When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation…
- To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable.
- Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with your purpose. Do…
- Never say about anything, "I have lost it," but only "I have given it back." Is your child dead? It has been given back. Is…
- If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile and reply, "I…
- The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
- There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
- Only the educated are free.
- Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
- Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.
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