Epictetus Quotes And Sayings

Unless We Place Our Religion And Our Treasure In The Same Thing, Religion Will Always Be Sacrificed.

Silence Is Safer Than Speech.

If You Wish To Be A Writer, Write.

We Are Not To Give Credit To The Many, Who Say That None Ought To Be Educated But The Free; But Rather To The Philosophers, Who Say That The Well-educated Alone Are Free.

When You Are Offended At Any Man's Fault, Turn To Yourself And Study Your Own Failings. Then You Will Forget Your Anger.

There Is Only One Way To Happiness And That Is To Cease Worrying About Things Which Are Beyond The Power Of Our Will.

Whoever Does Not Regard What He Has As Most Ample Wealth, Is Unhappy, Though He Be Master Of The World.

If You Desire To Be Good, Begin By Believing That You Are Wicked.

One That Desires To Excel Should Endeavor In Those Things That Are In Themselves Most Excellent.

Freedom Is Not Procured By A Full Enjoyment Of What Is Desired, But By Controlling The Desire.

Control Thy Passions Lest They Take Vengence On Thee.

Do Not Laugh Much Or Often Or Unrestrainedly.

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.

It Is Not He Who Reviles Or Strikes You Who Insults You, But Your Opinion That These Things Are Insulting.

We Tell Lies, Yet It Is Easy To Show That Lying Is Immoral.