Bid a singer in a chorus, Know Thyself; and will he not turn for the knowledge to the others, his fellows in the chorus, and to his harmony with them?
EpictetusWhat matters most is what sort of person you are becoming. Wise individuals care only about whom they are today and who they can be tomorrow.
EpictetusYou ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful.
EpictetusWhat else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do the nightingale's part; if I were a swan, I would do as a swan. But now I am a rational creature, and I ought to praise God. This is my work. I do it, nor will I desert my post, so long as I am allowed to keep it. And I ask you to join me in this same song.
Epictetus