Epictetus Quotes
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. Only the educated are free. People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them. Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater. Silence is safer than speech. The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going. There is nothing good or evil save in the will. There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. 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. Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed. 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. We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope. We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral. Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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