The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
EPICTETUSWe should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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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.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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