First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
— Epictetus
Discourses, Book III
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6 quotes on purpose from the Stoic tradition.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Discourses, Book III
A man’s true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and everything else.
Meditations
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
Meditations, Book X
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
Meditations, Book II
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
Letters from a Stoic, Letter 71
If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
Letters from a Stoic, Letter LXXI