It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
EPICTETUSBooks are the training weights of the mind.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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 be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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