Epictetus

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak

Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things.

The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.