Author: Epictetus

Quotes

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

- Epictetus

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

- 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

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

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

- Epictetus

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

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

- 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

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

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

- Epictetus

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