Epicurus on concern
Epicurus53 quotes“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”
More from Epicurus
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
EpicurusEpicurus Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
EpicurusEpicurus Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
EpicurusEpicurus Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
EpicurusEpicurus Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
EpicurusEpicurus He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
EpicurusEpicurus Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
EpicurusEpicurus When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
EpicurusEpicurus We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
EpicurusEpicurus To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
EpicurusEpicurus The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
EpicurusEpicurus The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
EpicurusEpicurus You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
EpicurusEpicurus Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
EpicurusEpicurus It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
EpicurusEpicurus Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
EpicurusEpicurus
Original quotes
From our community writers
They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on concern
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
PythagorasPythagoras A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of a sheep.
Lionel MessiLionel Messi The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
EpicurusEpicurus Young men’s minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.
HomerHomer
Keep exploring
More Greek philosophers
