Books are the training weights of the mind.
EPICTETUSBooks are the training weights of the mind.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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