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• The mariner of old said to Neptune in a great tempest, "O God!
  hou mayest save me if thou wilt, and if thou wilt thou mayest destroy me...
• The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.
  -- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- Of Courage, -- Discourses, Book i, Chap. xxix...
• The materials of action are variable, but the use we make of them should be constant.
  -- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- How Nobleness of Mind may be consistent with Prudence, -- Discourses, Book ii, Chap....
• Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book v, The Winter Morning Walk, Line 905...
• If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?
  -- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- Discourses, Book i, Chap. xxv...
• To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable
  but everything reasonable may be supported. -- Epictetus (c....
• 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....
• Two rules we should always have ready,--that there is nothing good or evil save in the will
  and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them....
• Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
  -- Marcus Aureliu...