Quotes By Epictetus

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.

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.