“Only the educated are free.”
Motivational
“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.”
AloneAll Quotes by Epictetus
“The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”
Happiness“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
Best“Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.”
Hope“Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.”
Religion“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
Communication“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.”
Education“It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.”
Death“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
Finance“Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.”
Imagination“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.”
Nature“No great thing is created suddenly.”
Great“Freedom is the right to live as we wish.”
Freedom“It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.”
Good“God has entrusted me with myself.”
God“Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.”
Freedom“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.”
Alone“Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.”
Freedom“If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.”
Truth“Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.”
Success