Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
EPICTETUSYou become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
More Epictetus Quotes
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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’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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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