All Epictetus Quotes
- Two principles we should always have ready — that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to… Events
- To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported. Alone
- Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle. Height
- Exceed due measure, and the most delightful things become the least delightful. Delightful
- The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass. Doe
- Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us, no matter what we are doing?... what do you wish to be doing when… Anything Better
- Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control. Always Within
- Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them? Attracted
- It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking and other bodily… All
- The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right… Bad
- Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be long. If he… Act
- If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance. Appearance
- Never say about anything, "I have lost it," but only "I have given it back." Is your child dead? It has been given back. Is… Been
- What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion. Compulsion
- It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies. Attainment
- No living being is held by anything so strongly as by its own needs. Whatever therefore appears a hindrance to these, be it brother, or… Abhorred
- The soul is unwillingly deprived of truth. Deprived
- Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short one; if long,… Act
- If you set your heart upon philosophy, you must straightway prepare yourself to be laughed at and mocked by many who will say Behold a… Abide
- Opportunity beckons more surely when misfortune comes upon a person than it ever does when that person is riding the crest of a wave of… Beckons