First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Only the educated are free.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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