Maxioms by Epictetus
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
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.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
No man is free who is not a master of himself.
No man is free who is not a master of himself.
