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“Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents.”
― Epictetus, The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
― Seneca

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
― Plutarch

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
― Epictetus