Books are the training weights of the mind.
EPICTETUSThe world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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