"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak." —Epictetus
Ancient Wisdom
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"The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature." —Zeno
"The only thing I know is that I know nothing." —Socrates
"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things." —Epictetus
"He who has equipped himself for the whole of life does not need to be advised concerning each separate thing, because he is now trained to meet his problem as a whole; for he knows not merely how he should live with his wife or his son, but how he should live aright." —Aristo Of Chios
"The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny—it is the light that guides your way." —Heraclitus
"The problem creates the solution. What stands in the way becomes the way." —Marcus Aurelius
"Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary?" —Marcus Aurelius
"If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation." —Epictetus
"Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature." —Plato, The Symposium
"He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war." —Greek Proverb
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man." —Heraclitus
"People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time-even when hard at work." —Marcus Aurelius
"If you don’t have consistent goal in life, you can’t live it in a consistent way." —Marcus Aurelius
"The measure of a man is what he does with power." —Plato
"Courage is knowing what not to fear." —Plato
"Deaths that are greater, greater portions gain." —Heraclitus
"The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature." —Zeno
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." —Aristotle
"Rule your mind or it will rule you." —Horace