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The Materials Of Action Are Variable, But The Use We Make Of Them Should Be Constant.
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The materials of action are variable, but the use we make of them
should be constant.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD)
-- How Nobleness of Mind may be consistent with Prudence,
-- Discourses, Book ii, Chap. v
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The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- That we ought not to be angry with Mankind, -- Discourses, Book i, Chap....
To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable
but everything reasonable may be supported. -- Epictetus (c....
Dare to look up to God and say, "Make use of me for the future as Thou wilt.
I am of the same mind; I am one with Thee. I refuse nothing which seems good to Thee....
Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- Concerning the Epicureans, -- Discourses, Book ii, Chap. xx...
Who is there whom bright and agreeable children do not attract to play and creep and prattle with them?
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- Concerning a Person whom he treated with Disregard, -- Discourses, Book ii, Chap....
Every habit and faculty is preserved and increased by correspondent actions,--as the habit of walking, by walking
of running, by running. -- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- How the Semblances of Things are to be combated, -- Discourses, Book ii, Chap....
Whatever you would make habitual, practise it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practise it, but habituate yourself to something else.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- How the Semblances of Things are to be combated, -- Discourses, Book ii, Chap....
Appear to know only this,--never to fail nor fall. -- Epictetus (c.
60 AD) -- That Courage is not inconsistent with Caution, -- Discourses, Book ii, Chap. i...
There are some things which men confess with ease, and others with difficulty.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- Of Inconsistency, -- Discourses, Book ii, Chap. xxi...