Epictetus Quotes

  • Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.Upload to Facebook
    Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
    ~ Epictetus
  • If they are wise, do not quarrel with them; if they are fools ignore them.Upload to Facebook
    If they are wise, do not quarrel with them; if they are fools ignore them.
    ~ Epictetus
  • Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
    ~ Epictetus
  • We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
    ~ Epictetus
  • The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
    ~ Epictetus
  • Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
    ~ Epictetus
  • Men are not influenced by things, but by their thoughts about things.
    ~ Epictetus
  • Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.Upload to Facebook
    Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.
    ~ Epictetus
  • First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
    ~ Epictetus
  • A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
    ~ Epictetus
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