Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What disturbs and alarms man are not the things, but his opinions and fancies about the things. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will,… — 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
When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not… — 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
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
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
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
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
A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear… — 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… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose? Nothing else. Tell me then, you men, do you wish… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is no easy thing for a principle to become a man's own unless each day he maintains it and works it… — 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
I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day. — 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
If you think you control things that are in the control of others, you will lament. You will be disturbed and you… — 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
Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short… — 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
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater. — Epictetus Copy Share
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
We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us. — Epictetus Copy Share
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
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
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
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
“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.” — Epictetus Copy Share
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
“Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness” — Epictetus Copy Share
