Let go of what you can’t control. The power of our will is where true freedom lives.
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Power of Our Will: Epictetus on Happiness and Peace

Epictetus teaches that true happiness begins with the power of our will and ends when we stop worrying about what we can’t control.

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Self-Control Is Learned, Not Innate - Andrew Huberman and Dr. Kentaro Fujita

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Discipline creates freedom because it gives you control over your time, habits, money, focus, and future.

Most people think discipline is restrictive, but the lack of discipline is what creates stress, chaos, distraction, debt, and feeling stuck.

Real freedom comes from building habits that give your life direction.

The INFJ Lens | Daily clarity for those who see the world differently.

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@mudge Laura Brannigan for me as a loon #SelfControl #NaeSelfControl

Spiritual maturity vs emotional reactivity is really about whether you’re led by impulse or by awareness. Emotional reactivity takes over quickly, while spiritual maturity creates space to respond with wisdom, patience, and love—choosing growth over impulse in every moment.

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Birthright for Beans

What happens when we sacrifice our long-term goals for a moment of immediate relief? Bishop Shammah Womack-El delivers a powerful message on the high cost of an uncontrolled appetite, exploring why true, lasting value can only be protected through discipline. #Discipline #SelfControl #EssexCounty #Faith #FaithOverFeelings #SpiritualGrowth #EssexCountyNJ #Wisdom #Bloomfield #BloomfieldNJ from Bishop Shammah Womack-El

https://bishopshammahwomackel.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/birthright-for-beans/

Birthright for Beans

What happens when we sacrifice our long-term goals for a moment of immediate relief? Bishop Shammah Womack-El delivers a powerful message on the high cost of an uncontrolled appetite, exploring why…

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A quotation from Horace

The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none’s so wild,
But may be tame, and may be wisely mild,
If they consult true Vertue’s Rules with care,
And lend to good advice a patient ear.
 
[Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator,
nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 “To Maecenas,” l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

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Horace - Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 "To Maecenas," l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)] | WIST Quotations

The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none's so wild, But may be tame, and may be wisely mild, If they consult true Vertue's Rules with care, And lend to good advice a patient ear. [Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator, nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, si modo culturae patientem…

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https://medium.com/storyangles/let-people-be-who-they-are-b8af5e63d165

You sit at a dinner table with people you care about. One person is loud and animated. Another barely speaks. Someone else interrupts without noticing. Someone stays quiet and observant.

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Let People Be Who They Are

Free Them, Free Yourself.

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A quotation from Gracian

Say farewell to luck when winning: it is the way of the gamblers of reputation: quite as important as a gallant advance is a well-planned retreat, wherefore lock up your winnings when they are enough, or when great.
 
[Saberse dejar ganando con la fortuna. Es de tahúres de reputación. Tanto importa una bella retirada como una bizarra acometida; un poner en cobro las hazañas cuando fueren bastantes, cuando muchas.]

Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 38 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…

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Gracián, Baltasar - The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 38 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)] | WIST Quotations

Say farewell to luck when winning: it is the way of the gamblers of reputation: quite as important as a gallant advance is a well-planned retreat, wherefore lock up your winnings when they are enough, or when great. [Saberse dejar ganando con la fortuna. Es de tahúres de reputación. Tanto…

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