All Epictetus Quotes
- Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no… Adversity
- It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. Death
- A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care. Average
- Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire. Desire
- Any person capable of angering you becomes your master. Angering
- To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God Admire
- Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The… Action
- Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it. Find
- Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear… All
- The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases. Able
- I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day. Day
- What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events? Events
- You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not. Bear
- God has entrusted me with myself. Entrusted
- Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything. Abject
- He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to… Action
- We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which things are not;… Aspect
- Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them Inspiration
- The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Happiness
- When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread. Deeds