If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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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’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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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 matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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