Epictetus Quotes
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Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.
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What is death? A scary mask. Take it off-see, it doesn't bite.
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As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think of them.
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Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world.
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-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt their interests, their opinions, their values, and their habit of interpreting events.
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When any person treats you ill or speaks ill of you, remember that he does this or says this because he thinks it is his duty. It is not possible, then, for him to follow that which seems right to you, but that which seems right to himself.
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For what constitutes a child?-Ignorance. What constitutes a child?-Want of instruction; for they are our equals so far as their degree of knowledge permits.
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The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.
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Don't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.
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Embrace reality. Think about what delights you - the small luxuries on which you depend, the people whom you cherish most. But remember that they have their own distinct character, which is quite a separate matter from how we happen to regard them.
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.
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To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable.
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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. (1).
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As you think, so you become.....Our busy minds are forever jumping to conclusions, manufacturing and interpreting signs that aren't there.
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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.
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Exceed due measure, and the most delightful things become the least delightful.
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By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
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At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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It doesn't take much to lose everything, just a little departure from reason.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?