EPICTETUS Quotes

"A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society." ~Epictetus

"Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him." ~Epictetus

"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And once it does come, we no longer exist."

~Epictetus 

"Do not sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others." ~Epictetus 

"Do not waste your energy in pursuing things that are beyond your control." ~Epictetus 

"Eat like a human being, drink like a human being, dress up, marry, have children, get politically active - suffer abuse, bear with a headstrong brother, father, son, neighbour, or companion. Show us these things so we can see that you truly have learned from the philosophers." ~Epictetus 

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak." ~Epictetus

"First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do." ~Epictetus

"Freedom is not procured   by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire." ~Epictetus 

"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control." ~Epictetus

"If anyone tells you that such a person speaks ill of you, don’t make excuses   about what is said of you, but answer.

He does not know my other faults; else, he would not mention only these." ~Epictetus 

"If someone succeeds in provoking you, realise that your mind is complicit in the provocation." ~Epictetus 

“If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these…” ~Epictetus

"If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realise that you have compromised your integrity. If you need a witness,  be your own." ~Epictetus 

"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows." ~Epictetus

"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them." ~Epictetus 

"Learn to wish that everything may happen as it does." ~Epictetus

"Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems." ~Epictetus

"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them." ~Epictetus

"Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak." ~Epictetus

"No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let if first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen." ~Epictetus

"No man is free who is not a master of himself." ~Epictetus 

"Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others." ~Epictetus

"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them." ~Epictetus

“Remain silent most of the time, and speak only when necessary, and then briefly.” ~Epictetus

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best." ~Epictetus

"The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight." ~Epictetus

"The trials you face will introduce you to your strengths." ~Epictetus 

"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will." ~Epictetus

"We have no power over external things, and the good that ought to be the object of our earnest pursuit, is to be found only within ourselves." ~Epictetus

"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak." ~Epictetus 

"We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgment about them." ~Epictetus

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