We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time. — 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
“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you… — 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
“Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual principles you wish to exemplify,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same… — 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
Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time, nor does… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“What you shun enduring yourself, attempt not to impose on others. You shun slavery- beware enslaving others! If you can endure to… — 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
Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“[Do not get too attached to life] for it is like a sailor's leave on the shore and at any time, the… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Nothing great is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is. If you say to me now that you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When the Idea, of any Pleasure strikes your Imagination... let that time be employed in making a just Computation between, the duration… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind. — 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
“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
