All Epictetus Quotes
- It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. Attitude
- Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. Anything Else
- First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. Communication
- Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Consists
- If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. Content
- He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Contentment
- Only the educated are free. Appreciation
- It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. Foolish
- If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. Correct
- People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them. Attitude
- The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. Depend
- If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother. Brother
- Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. Best
- To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse… Accuse
- If you wish to be a writer, write. Communication
- Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them. Accordance
- Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public. Character
- Difficulties are things that show a person what they are. Difficulties
- If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible. Become Invincible
- Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. Briefly