Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
EPICTETUSHe is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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