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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Epictetus
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else. Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it. It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else. To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Gratitude turns what we have into enough. Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. The best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain. The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.