Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If you think you control things that are in the control of others, you will lament. You will be disturbed and you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is the part of an uneducated person to blame others where he himself fares ill; to blame himself is the part… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Nothing outside the will can hinder or harm the will; it can only harm itself. If then we accept this, and, when… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When therefore we are hindered, or disturbed, or grieved, let us never attribute it to others, but to ourselves; that is, to… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
And be silent for the most part, or else make only the most necessary remarks, and express these in few words. But… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one… — 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 Image
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
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 Image
We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us. — 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 themselves at… — 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 of the… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.” — Epictetus Copy Share Image
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 Image
