Epictetus Quotes

Epictetus
Epictetus
Greek Philosopher
Born: 50
Died: 138
Any He Man Will You Yourself
Related authors: Aristotle Democritus Diogenes Epicurus Heraclitus Plato Plutarch Socrates
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. Epictetus
You Matters React How Happens
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. Epictetus
Best You People Key Only Calls Uplift Forth Your Who Company Keep Whose Presence
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epictetus
Communication Speak Mouth Ears Listen Much Twice Two
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Epictetus
Great Wealth Few Consists Possessions Having Wants
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. Epictetus
You Speak First Say Learn Meaning Meaning Of Then
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus
Wise Man Wise Man Those He Does Grieve Which Who Things Rejoices
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger. Epictetus
You Man Anger Yourself Fault Offended Will Own Study Failings Forget Any Turn Then Your
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. Epictetus
Impossible Learn Knows Begin Which Thinks
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. Epictetus
Hope Wealth Better Rich Be Careful Hopes Rather Sons Instructed Well Leave Than Ignorant Your Careful
Only the educated are free. Epictetus
Motivational Free Only Educated
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. Epictetus
Happiness Will Power Our Worrying Way One-Way About Only Only One Way Beyond Cease Which Things
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. Epictetus
Education Own Others Complete Sign Neither Oneself Misfortunes Nor Begun Accuse Want Shows
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are. Epictetus
Difficulties Person Show Things
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope. Epictetus
Life Hope Brainy Our Anchor Ship Should
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Epictetus
Reputation Difficulty More Greater Glory Pilots Storms Gain Skillful
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. Epictetus
You Yourself Lie Evil Be True Correct Laugh True Spoken
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. Epictetus
Men Disturbed Take Which Them View Things
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. Epictetus
Happiness Man Depend Live Philosophy Possible Shall His Essence Little Should Things External External Things
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus
You Yourself First Say Would Would-Be Then
All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way. Epictetus
Religion Man Own Every Way Must All Religions Religions His Get Heaven Tolerated Every Man
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse. Epictetus
You Soul Corpse Carrying Around Little
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it. Epictetus
Health Good You Soul Heart Looking More Takes Good-Looking Got Go Heart And Soul Than Just Body
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
Time Great Me You Fruit First Nothing Tell Must Ripen More Bear Answer Bunch Blossom Than Any Then Created Fig Grapes Suddenly Desire
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting. Epictetus
You Strikes He Insulting Insults Opinion Your Who Things
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. Epictetus
Freedom Controlling Procured Full Enjoyment Desire Desired
If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother. Epictetus
Remember Brother More He Thy Wrong-Doing Wrongs His Than Thee Much Ever
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