First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSIt’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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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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 not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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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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