7 Stoic Quotes on Growth Mindset
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
, Discourses 2.17 -
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
, Enchiridion 13 -
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
, Discourses 3.23 -
No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
, Discourses 1.15 -
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
, Discourses 2.18 -
On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
, Enchiridion 10 -
If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.
, Meditations 6.21