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Fundamentally, Stoics believe in understanding the difference between what is within your power and what isn’t.
If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
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You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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