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 is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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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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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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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 and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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It 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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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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