Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force;… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, and desires and the demons that distract us from these goals. Outside of our… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Don’t you want to be free of all that? [33] ‘But how can I do it?’ You’ve often heard how – you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire.” — 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
![“Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions–in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not…” quote by Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/28e/epictetus-413_aversion_some-things-are-up-to-us-eph-h-min-and-s_162002.jpg)
![“Don’t you want to be free of all that? [33] ‘But how can I do it?’ You’ve often heard how – you need to suspend desire completely, and train aversion only on things within your power. You should dissociate yourself from everything outside yourself – the body, possessions, reputation, books…” quote by Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e35/epictetus-413_desire_don-t-you-want-to-be-free-of-all-that-33_2718024.jpg)
