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.
EPICTETUSAny person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Only the educated are free.
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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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