Be free from grief not through insensibility like the irrational animals, nor through want of thought like the foolish, but like a… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“But to be hanged—is that not unendurable?" Even so, when a man feels that it is reasonable, he goes off and hangs… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Does a man reproach thee for being proud or ill-natured, envious or conceited, ignorant or detracting? Consider with thyself whether his reproaches… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If what the philosophers say be true, that all men's actions proceed from one source; that as they assent from a persuasion… — 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
No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose? — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
There are some things which men confess with ease, and others with difficulty. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Law intends indeed to do service to human life, but it is not able when men do not choose to accept her… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
O slavish man! will you not bear with your own brother, who has God for his Father, as being a son from… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you… — 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… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them — Epictetus Copy Share Image
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character… — 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
