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.
EPICTETUSDemand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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