To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is no easy thing for a principle to become a man's own unless each day he maintains it and works it… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught;but in life there are many things to draw us… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose? — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Law intends indeed to do service to human life, but it is not able when men do not choose to accept her… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When we name things correctly, we comprehend them correctly, without adding information or judgements that aren't there. Does someone bathe quickly? Don't… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Never depend on the admiration of others for self-satisfaction. It is a fact of life that other people, even people who love… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Watch yourself as you go about your daily business and later reflect on what you saw, trying to identify the sources of… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose? Nothing else. Tell me then, you men, do you wish… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Concerning the Gods, there are those who deny the very existence of the Godhead; others say that it exists, but neither bestirs… — 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
“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual principles you wish to exemplify,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them — 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
