It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
EPICTETUSI laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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