Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.
EpictetusThe key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
EpictetusIf any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.
EpictetusWhen you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
Epictetus