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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.

Epictetus

Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Impossible Learning Man Thinking
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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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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Attention Choose Expose Giving Self Love Yourself
Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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Aspiration People Regard Spiritual Superior Yourself
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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Angry Disturb Master Permit Person Yourself
Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Only the educated are free.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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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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