Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort. - Epictetus
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. - Epictetus
Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil. - Epictetus
Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them. - Epictetus
If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother. - Epictetus
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible. - Epictetus
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. - Epictetus
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? is not this also a return? - Epictetus
The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments. - Epictetus
I have a lantern. You steal my lantern. What, then, is your honour worth no more to you than the price of my lantern? - Epictetus
Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense. - Jason Mraz
I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there's no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be. - Jason Mraz
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