Author: Epictetus

Quotes

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

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

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

- 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

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

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

Only the educated are free.

Only the educated are free.

- Epictetus

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

- 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

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