If you would be a reader, read; if a writer,write

Quote by Epictetus

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Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always...

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always...

People are disturbed not by things, but by the view they take of them.

People are disturbed not by things, but by the view they take of them.

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the...

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the...

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you...

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you...

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart...

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart...

You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free...

You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free...

Its not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Its not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the...

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

It all starts right there

It all starts right there

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in...

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in...

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or...

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or...

In what you say of another, apply the test of kindness, necessity and truth, and...

In what you say of another, apply the test of kindness, necessity and truth, and...

Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us - but not suckle us.

Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us - but not suckle us.