I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind. Epicurus More Quotes by Epicurus More Quotes From Epicurus Pleasure is our first and kindred good. It is the starting point of every choice and of every aversion, and to it we always come back, inasmuch as we make feeling the rule by which to judge of every good thing. Epicurus choicesjudgingfeelings Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us. Epicurus philosophyhistoryart Accustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of all awareness; therefore a right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not by adding to life an unlimited time, but by taking away the yearning after immortality. For life has no terror; for those who thoroughly apprehend that there are no terrors for them in ceasing to live. Epicurus enjoy-lifeevilbelieve Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind. Epicurus sightbeautifullove When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he has quitted all physical explanation and descended into myth. Epicurus theoryappearancescience Without confidence, there is no friendship. Epicurus It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls. Epicurus wallmendeath Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? Epicurus omnipotencefaith-religionatheist Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act. Epicurus madactionmen When we say that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasure of the profligate or that which depends on physical enjoyment--as some think who do not understand our teachings, disagree with them, or give them an evil interpretation--but by pleasure we mean the state wherein the body is free from pain and the mind from anxiety. Epicurus painteachingmean Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die. Epicurus madfear-of-deathmen There are infinite worlds both like and unlike this world of ours. For the atoms being infinite in number... are borne on far out into space. Epicurus spacenumbersscience Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful. Epicurus wisebeautifulfriendship Gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it. Epicurus profitgratitudevirtue My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes it by proffering its natural remedy. Amid such pleasures as these have I grown old. Epicurus gardennaturaldoe It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself. Epicurus vaincapabilitymen Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor. Epicurus causesdonefear What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not. Epicurus annihilationmen Let no young man delay the study of philosophy, and let no old man become weary of it; for it is never too early nor too late to care for the well-being of the soul. Epicurus soulmenphilosophy Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good Epicurus tranquilpleasurehappiness
