It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
EPICTETUSWealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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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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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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