First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSBy accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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I 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.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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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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