BY THEME
On Action
On practice over theory — on duty, work, and the living of Stoicism in each hour.
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Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better.
Discourses 4.4.11
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You become what you give your attention to.
Discourses 4.4.46
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Discourses 3.23
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater.
Discourses 4.1
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No great thing is created suddenly.
Discourses 1.15
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
Discourses 2.18
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If one accomplishes some good though with toil, the toil passes, but the good remains.
Lectures 1
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The test of every act is practice.
Lectures 6
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Lectures 6
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Unless we do and say well what we do, all our acts will be wrong.
Lectures 5