Do not try to seem wise to others.
EPICTETUSDifficulty shows what men are.
More Epictetus Quotes
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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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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