In A Word, Neither Death, Nor Exile, Nor Pain, Nor Anything Of This Kind Is The Real Cause Of Our Doing Or Not Doing Any Action, But Our Inward Opinions And Principles.

Appear to know only this,--never to fail nor fall. -- Epictetus (c.
60 AD) -- That Courage is not inconsistent with Caution, -- Discourses, Book ii, Chap. i...
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be
or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be...
The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- That we ought not to be angry with Mankind, -- Discourses, Book i, Chap....
For what constitutes a child?--Ignorance. What constitutes a child?
Want of instruction; for they are our equals so far as their degree of knowledge permits....
In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taugh
but in life there are many things to draw us aside....
The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- Of Courage, -- Discourses, Book i, Chap. xxix...
Difficulties are things that show what men are. -- Epictetus (c.
60 AD) -- Discourses, Book i, Chap. xxiv...
Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- Discourses, Book i, Chap. xii...
When you have shut your doors, and darkened your room, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone
but God is within, and your genius is within,--and what need have they of light to see what you are doing?...