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Freedom is not the power to do whatever you please, but the power to do what is right.
Epictetus · Discourses · paraphrase
What it means today

License is not freedom; it is a different kind of servitude, to impulse. Real freedom is the ability to choose what is right regardless of pressure, appetite, or fear.

Try this todayChoose the right thing over the easy thing once today, and notice the freedom in it.
Today’s questionAm I pursuing freedom, or just license?
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