“If thou rememberest that God standeth by to behold and visit all that thou doest; whether in the body or in the soul, thou surely wilt not err in any prayer or deed; and thou shalt have God to dwell with thee.”

—  Epictetus

Fragment xxiv.
Golden Sayings of Epictetus, Fragments

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philosopher from Ancient Greece 50–138

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