We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
EPICTETUSNo man is free who is not master of himself.
More Epictetus Quotes
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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