Selected quotes · 18
№ 01
“Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.”
EpictetusFreedom
№ 02
“Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.”
EpictetusWisdom
№ 03
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
EpictetusWisdom
№ 04
“Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.”
EpictetusLife
№ 05
“The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”
EpictetusHappiness
№ 06
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
EpictetusFreedom
№ 07
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
EpictetusWisdom
№ 08
“It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.”
EpictetusCreativity
№ 09
“God has entrusted me with myself.”
EpictetusFaith
№ 10
“Only the educated are free.”
EpictetusFreedom
№ 11
“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.”
EpictetusFreedom
№ 12
“Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.”
EpictetusFreedom
№ 13
“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
EpictetusWisdom
№ 14
“To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.”
EpictetusWisdom
№ 15
“Men are not influenced by things, but by their thoughts about things.”
EpictetusLeadership
№ 16
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
EpictetusWisdom
№ 17
“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”
EpictetusFailure
№ 18
“It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.”
EpictetusCourage