Control Things Quotes by Epictetus

“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

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

— Epictetus

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

— Epictetus

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

We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

— Epictetus

Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own

— Epictetus

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

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

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.

— Epictetus

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

“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.”

— Epictetus

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

People are disturbed not by things, but by the view they take of them.

— Epictetus

“Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness”

— Epictetus

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

— Epictetus