Although we can't control which roles are assigned to us, it must be our business to act our given role as best… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. — 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
Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you… — 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
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to… — 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
