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
We must ever bear in mind --that apart from the will there is nothing good or bad, and that we must not… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, Impression, wait for me a little. Let me… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we… — 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
Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new. — 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
To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Watch yourself as you go about your daily business and later reflect on what you saw, trying to identify the sources of… — 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
