First Say to Yourself What You Would Be — Epictetus Quote Journal

Sunday night. The week hasn't started, and you already know how it will push you around.

"First say to yourself what you would be."
— Epictetus
Discourses III.23. We check every line against a primary source.

Epictetus left nothing in writing. His student Arrian took down what he heard, as close to word for word as he could, to keep for himself.

SAY·TO·YOURSELF is spaced the way Romans cut inscriptions, with a dot separating each word.

Get the first line on the page before Monday starts talking.

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