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.
EPICTETUSWhat concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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