When You Close Your Doors, And Make Darkness Within, Remember Never To Say That You Are Alone, For You Are Not Alone; Nay, God Is Within, And Your Genius Is Within. And What Need Have They Of Light To See What You Are Doing?
- Epictetus
Preach Not To Others What They Should Eat, But Eat As Becomes You, And Be Silent.
If You Do Not Wish To Be Prone To Anger, Do Not Feed The Habit; Give It Nothing Which May Tend To Its Increase.
If You Would Cure Anger, Do Not Feed It. Say To Yourself: ‘I Used To Be Angry Every Day; Then Every Other Day; Now Only Every Third Or Fourth Day.’ When You Reach Thirty Days Offer A Sacrifice Of Thanksgiving To The Gods.
Bear In Mind That You Should Conduct Yourself In Life As At A Feast.
What Is The First Business Of One Who Practices Philosophy? To Get Rid Of Self-Conceit. For It Is Impossible For Anyone To Begin To Learn That Which He Thinks He Already Knows.
Only The Educated Are Free.
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