It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
EPICTETUSIt is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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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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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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