What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We must ever bear in mind --that apart from the will there is nothing good or bad, and that we must not… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Two principles we should always have ready — that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events? — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is not the events but our viewpoint toward events that is the determining factor. We ought to be more concerned about… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even… — 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
