Quotes from Epictetus
No man is free until he s a master of himself!!
— Epictetus
I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.
— Epictetus
It has been ordained that there be summer and winter, abundance and dearth, virtue and vice, and all such opposites for the harmony of the whole, and (Zeus) has given each of us a body, property, and companions.
— Epictetus
No great 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.
— Epictetus
And who can give to another the things which he has not himself?
— Epictetus
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
— Epictetus
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
— Epictetus
You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
— Epictetus
Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
— Epictetus
Can we avoid people? How is that possible? And if we associate with them, can we change them? Who gives us that power?
— Epictetus
End the habit of despising things that are not within your power
— Epictetus
We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed.
— Epictetus