We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time, nor does… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe. — 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
Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Let thy speech of God be renewed day by day, aye, rather than thy meat and drink. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening. — 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
