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Epictetus - From the Affirmation category:
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Aging category:
If you have anything better to be doing when death overtakes you, get to work on that. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Attitude category:
Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Excellence category:
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Expectation category:
In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life's purpose. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Freedom category:
Only the educated are free. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Freedom category:
No man is free who is not master of himself. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Hope category:
A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a single hope. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Humour category:
He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Knowledge category:
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Listening category:
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Philosophy category:
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Practice category:
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Thought category:
Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them. (Epictetus)
Epictetus - From the Time category:
Nothing great 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)
Epictetus - From the Worry category:
There is only one way to happiness, and that is cease worrying about the things which are beyond the power of our will. (Epictetus)
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