Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
EPICTETUSThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Only the educated are free.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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