For know that there is nothing more tractable than the human soul.

It needs but to will, and the thing is done; the soul is set upon the right path: as on the contrary it needs but to nod over the task, and all is lost. For ruin and recovery alike are from within.

— Epictetus

Source: The Golden Sayings of Epictetus

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Published on March 24, 2013.

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