Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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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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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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