Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old. Epicurus More Quotes by Epicurus More Quotes From Epicurus All sensations are true; pleasure is our natural goal. Epicurus pleasure goal natural There is nothing to fear from gods, There is nothing to feel in death, Good can be attained, Evil can be endured. Epicurus evil feels The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him. Epicurus honor wise men Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. Epicurus wisdom justice men The words of that philosopher who offers no therapy for human suffering are empty and vain. Epicurus philosopher empty suffering We ought to be thankful to nature for having made those things which are necessary easy to be discovered; while other things that are difficult to be known are not necessary. Epicurus being-thankful made easy Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to necessity. Epicurus subjects continuing evil The flesh believes that pleasure is limitless and that it requires unlimited time; but the mind, understanding the end and limit of the flesh and ridding itself of fears of the future, secures a complete life and has no longer any need for unlimited time. Epicurus understanding mind believe To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries. Epicurus rich ends worry If the gods have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. If they are neither able nor willing, they are neither all-powerful or benevolent. If they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, why does it exist? Epicurus powerful evil doe Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back. Epicurus given taken No pleasure is evil in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures Epicurus pain happiness mean Remember that the future is neither ours nor wholly not ours, so that we may neither count on it as sure to come nor abandon hope of it as certain not to be. Epicurus future may remember Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other. Epicurus ego enough writing Natural justice is a compact resulting from expediency by which men seek to prevent one man from injuring others and to protect him from being injured by them. Epicurus natural-justice protect men The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so, cannot; or they neither can nor will, or lastly, they are both able and willing. If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent. If they can, but will not, than they are not benevolent. If they are neither able nor willing, then they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent. Lastly, if they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, how does it exist? Epicurus atheist evil doe Where I am death is not, where death is I am not. Epicurus dying death Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. Epicurus philosophical justice reality Virtue consisteth of three parts,--temperance, fortitude, and justice. Epicurus fortitude three justice As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters. Epicurus handiwork personality character
