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Epictetus Quotes About Happiness

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

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

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.

Epictetus Quotes About Spiritual

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

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

More Quotes by Epictetus

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

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

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

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

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

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.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

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.

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

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

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

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

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

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

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

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

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.

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

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

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

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

He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

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

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

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

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

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

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

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