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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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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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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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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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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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