You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is hard to combine and unite these two qualities, the carefulness of one who is affected by circumstances, and the intrepidity… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions. Vigilantly practice polite indifference to that which we can't control. Your happiness can only… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
All human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means - for example, wealth and status - with that life… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.” — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Show me a man who though sick is happy, who though in danger is happy, who though in prison is happy, and… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“We are at the mercy of whoever wields authority over the things we either desire or detest. If you would be free, then, do… — Epictetus Copy Share
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater. — Epictetus Copy Share
When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they… — Epictetus Copy Share
We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us. — Epictetus Copy Share
You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at… — Epictetus Copy Share
Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the… — Epictetus Copy Share
As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new. — Epictetus Copy Share
If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and… — Epictetus Copy Share
“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.” — Epictetus Copy Share
What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do the nightingale's… — Epictetus Copy Share
“Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness” — Epictetus Copy Share
