Epictetus Quotes

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
Epictetus

If you wish to be a writer, write.
Epictetus

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
Epictetus

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
Epictetus

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
Epictetus

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
Epictetus

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
Epictetus

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
Epictetus

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
Epictetus

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
Epictetus

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Epictetus

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
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Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
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Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?
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No great thing is created suddenly.
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No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
Epictetus

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.
Epictetus

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Epictetus Quotes

Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Greek Philosopher Quotes Year of Birth: 55 Year of Death: 135 Nationality: Greek Find on Amazon: Epictetus Related Authors: Socrates Aristotle Plato Plutarch Epicurus Anaxagoras Heraclitus Democritus	1 - 2 - 3 - 4 If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. Epictetus If you wish to be a writer, write. Epictetus Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public. Epictetus Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. Epictetus It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. Epictetus It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. Epictetus It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting. Epictetus It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. Epictetus It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it. Epictetus It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. Epictetus Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. Epictetus Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. Epictetus Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. Epictetus Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. Epictetus Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. Epictetus Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return? Epictetus No great thing is created suddenly. Epictetus No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Epictetus No man is free who is not master of himself. Epictetus Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort. Epictetus 1 - 2 - 3 - 4