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.
EPICTETUSHappiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Only the educated are free.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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