Epictetus Sayings and Quotes
Sayings by Epictetus
We cannot choose our external circumstances,
but we can always choose how to respond to them.
- Epictetus
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
- Epictetus
Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
- Epictetus
Is freedom anything else than the right
to live as we wish? Nothing else.
- Epictetus
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No great thing is created suddenly.
- Epictetus
First say to yourself what you would be;
then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
No one is free who is not master of himself.
- Epictetus
Control thy passions lest they take vengeance upon thee.
- Epictetus
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
- Epictetus
Difficulties are things that show a person what he is.
- Epictetus
Anyone is free who lives as he wishes to live.
- Epictetus
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor,
nor should life rest on a single hope.
- Epictetus
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
- Epictetus
Wealth consists not in having great possessions,
but in having few wants.
- Epictetus
Silence is safer than speech.
- Epictetus
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things,
and then proceed to greater.
- Epictetus
We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
- Epictetus
He is a wise man who does not grieve
for the things which he has not,
but rejoices for those which he has.
- Epictetus
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded,
but the fear of pain or death.
- Epictetus
Whoever does not regard what he has
as most ample wealth, is unhappy,
though he be master of the world.
- Epictetus
Make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens.
- Epictetus
If thy brother wrongs thee,
remember not so much his wrong-doing,
but more than ever that he is thy brother.
- Epictetus
It is impossible to begin to learn
that which one thinks one already knows.
- Epictetus
We can't control the impressions others form about us,
and the effort to do so only debases our character.
- Epictetus
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
- Epictetus
We should not moor a ship with one anchor,
or our life with one hope.
- Epictetus
If you want to improve,
be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
- Epictetus
If evil be spoken of you
and it be true, correct yourself,
if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- Epictetus
People are not disturbed by things,
but by the view they take of them.
- Epictetus
All religions must be tolerated...
for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
- Epictetus
God has entrusted me with myself.
- Epictetus
Men are disturbed not by things,
but by the view which they take of them.
- Epictetus
We have two ears and one mouth so that
we can listen twice as much as we speak.
- Epictetus
Fortify yourself with contentment,
for it is an impregnable fortress. -
- Epictetus
It's not what happens to you,
but how you react to it that matters.
- Epictetus
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you,
but your opinion that these things are insulting.
- Epictetus
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
Whenever you are angry, be assured that
it is not only a present evil,
but that you have increased a habit.
- Epictetus
He is a drunkard who takes more than
three glasses though he be not drunk.
- Epictetus
Do not seek to bring things to pass
in accordance with your wishes,
but wish for them as they are,
and you will find them.
- Epictetus
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying
about things which are beyond the power of our will.
- Epictetus
Keep silence for the most part,
and speak only when you must,
and then briefly.
- Epictetus
You may be always victorious if
you will never enter into any contest
where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
- Epictetus
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live
that his happiness shall depend
as little as possible on external things.
- Epictetus
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it.
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
- Epictetus
Imagine for yourself a character,
a model personality whose example you determine to follow,
in private as well as in public.
- Epictetus
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation,
the greatest pleasures cease to please.
- Epictetus
All philosophy lies in two words,
sustain and abstain.
- Epictetus
The world turns aside to let any man pass
who knows where he is going.
- Epictetus
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you,
whose presence calls forth your best.
- Epictetus
One that desires to excel
should endeavor in those things
that are in themselves most excellent.
- Epictetus
If you seek truth, you will not seek
victory by dishonorable means,
and if you find truth, you will become invincible.
- Epictetus
It takes more than just a good looking body.
You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
- Epictetus
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures,
but the foolish to be a slave to them.
- Epictetus
Freedom is not procured by a full
enjoyment of what is desired,
but by controlling the desire.
- Epictetus
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man
are those of bearing and forbearing.
- Epictetus
Unless we place our religion
and our treasure in the same thing,
religion will always be sacrificed.
- Epictetus
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Choose the World You See,
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Today I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
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Choose with no regret.
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Choose what lies in the shadows to be a matter
for discovery and adventure, rather than fear.
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Choose your Habits, Choose your Life.
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Choose the World You See.
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Today, I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance, love, selflessness, kindness.
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Choose to Dance Lightly With Life.
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You can choose to follow your heart always.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others.
Choose love.
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Never impose on others what
you would not choose for yourself.
- Confucius (Ancient Chinese)
I choose my life-path.
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Choose love - always.
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I choose acceptance and compassion toward all humanity.
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