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.
EPICTETUSDon’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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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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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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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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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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