“Remember that you must behave as at a banquet. Is anything brought round to you? Put out your hand, and take a moderate share. Does it pass you? Do not stop it. Is it not come yet? Do not yearn… — Epictetus Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Whoever then would be free, let him wish for nothing, let him decline nothing, which depends on others; else he must necessarily be a… — Epictetus Epictetus Copy Share Image
“If you have an earnest desire towards philosophy, prepare yourself from the very first to have the multitude laugh and sneer, and say, "He… — Epictetus Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things. Thus death is nothing terrible, else it would have… — Epictetus Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Remember that you must behave as at a banquet. Is anything brought round to you? Put out your hand, and take a moderate share.… — Epictetus Epictetus Copy Share Image
“If you ever happen to turn your attention to externals, for the pleasure of any one, be assured that you have ruined your scheme… — Epictetus Epictetus Copy Share Image
