“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.”
Men
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
BestAll Quotes by Epictetus
“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”
Anger“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“No great thing is created suddenly.”
Great“Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.”
Freedom“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“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“It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.”
Good“The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”
Happiness“Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.”
Religion“If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.”
Happiness“No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.”
Time“Freedom is the right to live as we wish.”
Freedom“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
Finance“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
Best“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.”
Nature“God has entrusted me with myself.”
God“Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.”
Great“Only the educated are free.”
Motivational“Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.”
Hope