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.
EPICTETUSIt takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Only the educated are free.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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 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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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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