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
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
Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. — 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
Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it — Epictetus Copy Share Image
To make anything a habit, do it; to not make it a habit, do not do it; to unmake a habit, do… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It's so simple really: If you say you're going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred. — 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
