“Asked how a man should best grieve his enemy, Epictetus replied, "By setting himself to live the noblest life himself.” — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account! — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul… — 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
As you think, so you become…Our busy minds are forever jumping to conclusions, manufacturing and interpreting signs that aren't there. — 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
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
It is unreasonable to think we can earn rewards without being willing to pay their true price. It is always our choice… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“If a person gave your body to any stranger he met on is way, you would certainly be angry. And do you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
A ship should not be held by a single anchor; neither should life depend upon a single hope. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We do not choose our own parts in life, and have nothing to do with those parts. Our duty is confined to… — 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
Ask yourself, "How are my thoughts, words and deeds affecting my friends, my spouse, my neighbour, my child, my employer, my subordinates,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What is a good person? One who achieves tranquillity by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, "what is the… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
At every occasion in your life, do not forget to commune with yourself and ask of yourself how you can profit by… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“[Do not get too attached to life] for it is like a sailor's leave on the shore and at any time, the… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Don’t seek that all that comes about should come about as you wish, but wish that everything that comes about should come… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
No living being is held by anything so strongly as by its own needs. Whatever therefore appears a hindrance to these, be… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character… — 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
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