Epictetus Quotes Collection #2 | Quotsagram

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness

First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.

Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Never depend on the admiration of others. There is no strength in it.

The essence of philosophy is that, a man should so live that, his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

To accuse others for one's own misfortune is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is most difficult of all things.

No man is free unless he is the master of himself.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

The divine order does not design people or circumstance according to our tastes.

If you ever happen to turn your attention to externals, for the pleasure of any one, be assured that you have ruined your scheme of life.

Check your passions that you may not be punished by them.

Working within our sphere of control, we are naturally free, independent, and strong. Beyond that sphere, we are weak, limited, and dependent.

Goodness exists independently of our conception of it. The good is out there and it always has been out there, even before we began to exist.

Those proficient praise no one, blame no one, and accuse no one.

Disease is an impediment to the body, but not to the will, unless the will itself chooses.

Show me a man who though sick is happy, who though in danger is happy, who though in prison is happy, and I'll show you a Stoic.

When you are feeling upset, angry, or sad, don’t blame another for your state of mind. Your condition is the result of your own opinions and interpretations.

Be free from grief; not through insensibility like the irrational animals, nor through want of thought like the foolish, but like a man of virtue by having reason as the consolation of grief.

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