Epicurean and Stoic Philosophy

So, I finally remembered to put my library card in my wallet this morning before I left for the library...
I signed off the green book (in Arabic, that would be an absolute bun intended .. The former dictator of Libya' famous wisdom of sorts had the name) ...
Anyways, the book contains the books of the two most famous Epicureans: Epicurus and Lucretius ... and the two most prominent stoics: Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus ... Needless to say that I got the book, because of my admiration of Aurelius ... however, I am starting to enjoy all classical philosophers as of late ..

I started from the bottom lol I mean from the last bit of the book as usual (to make sure no one is dead lol just kidding)
I started by reading the Manual of Epictetus or Enchiridion of Epictetus ... A short manual on how to lead life ... I must say that it got me thinking :)
A particular part of it made me light up some deep dusty corner in my mental cave (I call it cave, because it swallows everything in it)

I will type it here:

How long will you wait to think of yourself worthy of the highest and transgress in nothing the clear pronouncement of reason?

You have received the precepts which you ought to accept, and you have accepted them.

Why then do you still wait for a master, that you may delay the amendment of yourself till he comes? You are a youth no longer; you are now a full-grown man.

If you are careless and indolent and are always putting off, fixing one day after another as the limit when you mean to begin attending to yourself, then, living or dying, you will make no progress but will continue unawares in ignorance.

Therefore, make up your mind before it is too late to live as one who is mature and proficient, and let all that seems best to you be a law that you cannot transgress.

And if you encounter anything troublesome or pleasant or glorious or inglorious, remember that the hour of struggle is come, the Olympic contest is here and you may put off no longer, and that one day and one action determines whether the progress you have achieved is lost or maintained.

This was how Socrates attained perfection, paying heed to nothing but reason, in all that he encountered. And if you are not yet Socrates, yet ought you to live as one who would wish to be a Socrates.

I need to make up my mind ... 

Time to get back to thesis though