Author: Epictetus

Quotes

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

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

- Epictetus

Only the educated are free.

Only the educated are free.

- Epictetus

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

- Epictetus

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

- Epictetus

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

- Epictetus

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

- Epictetus

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

- Epictetus

If you wish to be a writer, write.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

- Epictetus

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

- Epictetus

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