We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
EPICTETUSI 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.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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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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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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