First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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.
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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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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Only the educated are free.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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