From Epictetus: “Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.”
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Quote of the day 02/26/26
From Epictetus: “Sickness is an impediment to the body, but not to the will — unless the will itself chooses to be impeded.”
Quote of the day 02/03/26
From Epictetus: “If you wish to be invincible, make yourself indifferent to what is not in your control.”
Quote of the day 01/29/26
From Epictetus: “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
Quote of the day 01/22/26
From Epictetus: “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
Quote of the day 11/13/25
From Epictetus: “Do not explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
Quote of the day 10/13/25
From Epictetus: “Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”
Quote of the day 02/03/25
From Epictetus: “Two rules we should always have ready,-that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.”
Quote of the day 09/16/23
From Epictetus: “The soul is like the bowl of water, with the soul’s impressions like the rays of light that strike the water. Now, if the water is disturbed, the light appears to be disturbed together with it — though of course it is not. So when someone loses consciousness, it is not the person’sContinue reading “Quote of the day 09/16/23”
Quote of the day 09/14/23
From Epictetus: “In literature, too, it is not great achievement to memorize what you have read while not formulating an opinion of your own.”
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