If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
EPICTETUSWhen 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.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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You 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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