“What would Heracles have been if he had said, "How am I to prevent a big lion from appearing, or a big… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“For in this Case, we are not to give Credit to the Many, who say, that none ought to be educated but… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you… — 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
You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus — 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
