We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness” — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What disturbs people, these are not things, but the judgments relating to things — Epictetus Copy Share Image
There are some faults which men readily admit, but others not so readily. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If you have anything better to be doing when death overtakes you, get to work on that. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
A ship should not be held by a single anchor; neither should life depend upon a single hope. — 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
