All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
EPICTETUSKeep 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.
More Epictetus Quotes
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Only the educated are free.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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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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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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