Quotes by Epictetus

About Epictetus:

Epictetus was a Greek speaking Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey), and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in north-western Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses.
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If you wish to be a writer, write.

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Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

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If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

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

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

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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 neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

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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.

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No great thing is created suddenly.

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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

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

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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

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God has entrusted me with myself.

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People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

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The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

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Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameEpictetus
  • Descriptionphilosopher from Ancient Greece
  • Born50
  • CountryAncient Greece
  • ProfessionPhilosopher