Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
EPICTETUSNothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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