We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment; of fear itself only should we be afraid. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censures are not… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Focus not on what he or she does, but on keeping to your higher purpose. Your own purpose should seek harmony with… — 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
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
Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they… — 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
It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much… — 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
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
If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Inner peace begins when we stop saying of things, 'I have lost it' and instead say, 'It has been returned to where… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Who exactly do you want to be? What kind of person do you want to be? What are your personal ideals? Whom… — 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 should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does… — 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
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
“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
