It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
EPICTETUSIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
More Epictetus Quotes
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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