It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking, and other bodily functions. These things are best done by the way all your attention must be given to the mind.
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So you wish to conquer in the Olympic games, my friend And I too, by the Gods, and a fine thing it would be But first mark the conditions and the consequences, and then set to work. You will have to put yourself under discipline to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or no, in cold and heat to abstain from cold drinks and from wine at your will in a word, to give yourself over to the trainer as to a physician. Then in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, or to be severely thrashed, and, after all these things, to be defeated.Epictetus
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
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All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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It is your own convictions which compels you that is, choice compels choice.
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The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.
Epictetus
Everything has two handles one by which it may be borne, another by which it cannot.
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