Epictetus Quotes
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If a person gave your body to any stranger he met on his way, you would certainly be angry. And do you feel no shame in handing over your own mind to be confused and mystified by anyone who happens to verbally attack you? (28) tr. Elizabeth Carter
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Freedom and slavery, the one is the name of virtue, and the other of vice, and both are acts of the will.
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Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
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Does a Philosopher apply to people to come and hear him? does he not rather, of his own nature, attract those that will be benefited by him-like the sun that warms, and the food that sustains them? (120).
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To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.
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Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.
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Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.
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Never look for your work in one place and your progress in another.
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Act your part with honor.
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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Let not another's disobedience to Nature become an ill to you; for you were not born to be depressed and unhappy with others, but to be happy with them. And if any is unhappy, remember that he is so for himself; for God made all men to enjoy felicity and peace.
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Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with your purpose. Do not seek external approval. Do not worry about anything outside of your control. The only things you command are your thoughts and actions. We choose our response. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.
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Think of God oftener than you breathe.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.
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If I can acquire money and also keep myself modest and faithful and magnanimous, point out the way, and I will acquire it.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Do not give sentence in another tribunal till you have been yourself judged in the tribunal of Justice.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice.