What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSNature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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 more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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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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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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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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