Epictetus Quotes

• No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things.

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• Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling that desire.

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• Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

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• Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

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• In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life’s purpose.

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• You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

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• You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

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• Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

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• Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

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• When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

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• We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

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• We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

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• We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

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• We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

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• Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

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• To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes 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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• There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

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• The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

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• The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

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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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Epictetus (74)

Nationality:	Greek
Profession:	Philosopher

About

Epictetus was born in Hierapolis, Phrygia. He was a Greek speaking Stoic philosopher. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses. He taught that philosophy is a way of life and not just a theoretical discipline.

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