There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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.
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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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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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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When 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.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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