Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
EPICTETUSIt’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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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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