Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
EPICTETUSKeep 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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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody 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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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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 world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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 more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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