First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
EPICTETUSSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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