Books are the training weights of the mind.
EPICTETUSIt’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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