Only the educated are free.
EPICTETUSA ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
More Epictetus Quotes
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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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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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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