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Epictetus Quote - Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.

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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Consequences Fulfillment Happiness Positive
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Consider Listen Need Philosophy Practice
Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Authentic Condition Happiness Independence Inspirational
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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Attention Character Giving Inspirational Ourselves
Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Adopt Association Attitude Negative People Trouble
People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Disturb Human Nature Imagination People
Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Moments Patience Reaction Situation Try Yourself
It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Deep Expectation People Reality Yourself
Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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Acceptance Demand Expectation Happen Peace Possible
We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Believe Confidence Faith Inspirational Time
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Believe Motivational Yourself
Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Behaviour Circumstance Expectation People Understand Wisdom
Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Book Mind One Liner Training Weight
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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One Liner Philosophy Reality Sustain
Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Account Giving Inspirational Life Positive
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Consist Greatness Minimalism Possession Want Wealth
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Goodness Learning Manner Speak
Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Circumstance Deep Himself Man Mask Reveal
If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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Freedom Inspirational Let Go Life Live Sorrow
Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Account Giving Inspirational Life Positive
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Bad Believe Goodness Improvement One Liner
No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Business Entrepreneur Giving Inspirational Patience Time
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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Control Expectation Inspirational Life Value
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Beginning Clear Freedom Happiness Principle Understand
Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Average Blame Character Foolish People Wise
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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Angry Disturb Master Permit Person Yourself

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