The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
EPICTETUSAll philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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