No man is free who is not master of himself.
EPICTETUSNo great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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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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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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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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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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