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.
EPICTETUSNo man is free who is not master of himself.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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