All Epictetus Quotes
- It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus Epictetus
- It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance Abundance
- It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. Already Knows
- Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you. All
- God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that his happiness shall… Any
- We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us. Disturbed
- Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or… Aim
- Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them. Afraid
- If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity… All
- You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will. Better
- Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch… Act
- These reasonings are unconnected: "I am richer than you, therefore I am better"; "I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am better." The connection… All
- A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him… Brings
- When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied,… Air
- Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right? Appearance
- -….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longerâ€, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting. Any
- Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening. Considerable
- It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even death is terrible… Attitude
- I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they… Cannot Even
- To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals,… Accept