It is the part of an uneducated person to blame others where he himself fares ill; to blame himself is the part of one whose education has begun; to blame neither another nor his own self is the part of one whose education is already complete. Epictetus More Quotes by Epictetus More Quotes From Epictetus Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back. Epictetus coping given lost Nothing great comes into being all at once. Epictetus difficulty coping Never look for your work in one place and your progress in another. Epictetus progress work looks Bid a singer in a chorus, Know Thyself; and will he not turn for the knowledge to the others, his fellows in the chorus, and to his harmony with them? Epictetus harmony singers praise Act your part with honor. Epictetus honor Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison. Epictetus prison Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return? Epictetus lost-love wife children If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy. Epictetus faults unhappy men Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none. Epictetus men life thinking The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will. Epictetus disposition essence evil Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle. Epictetus size height principles If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad. Epictetus wish believe firsts Concerning the Gods, there are those who deny the very existence of the Godhead; others say that it exists, but neither bestirs nor concerns itself not has forethought far anything. A third party attribute to it existence and forethought, but only for great and heavenly matters, not for anything that is on earth. A fourth party admit things on earth as well as in heaven, but only in general, and not with respect to each individual. A fifth, of whom were Ulysses and Socrates, are those that cry: -- I move not without Thy knowledge! Epictetus party heaven moving Cowardice, the dread of what will happen. Epictetus cowardice dread happens Inner peace begins when we stop saying of things, 'I have lost it' and instead say, 'It has been returned to where it came from.' Why should it be any concern of yours who gives your things back to the world that gave them to you? The important thing is to take great care with what you have while the world lets you have it. Epictetus inner-peace motivational giving If you think you control things that are in the control of others, you will lament. You will be disturbed and you will blame both gods and men. Epictetus blame men thinking If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it. Epictetus progress perfection promise What disturbs people, these are not things, but the judgments relating to things Epictetus judgment people We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good. Epictetus enmity wicked ought Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening. Epictetus practice listening needs
