To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing. Epictetus More Quotes by Epictetus More Quotes From Epictetus Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them. Epictetus ecstasy best-wishes wish When you want to hear a philosopher, do not say, 'You say nothing to me'; only show yourself worthy or fit to hear, and then you will see how you will move the speaker. Epictetus philosopher want moving The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys. Epictetus rich soul sweet Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily. Epictetus faults men Your master is he who controls that on which you have set your heart or wish to avoid. Epictetus masters wish heart As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new. Epictetus casting-off body men The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference. Epictetus indifference use matter If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write. Epictetus reader would-be writing No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose? Epictetus choices masters men Since it is Reason which shapes and regulates all other things, it ought not itself to be left in disorder. Epictetus disorder shapes reason If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please. Epictetus moderation libertarian philosophical What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion. Epictetus restraint freedom men You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be. Epictetus appearance The soul is unwillingly deprived of truth. Epictetus deprived soul truth If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods. Epictetus sacrifice anger emotion Avoid banquets which are given by strangers an ignorant persons. But if there is ever occasion to join them, let your attention be carefully fixed, that you slip not into the manner of the vulgar (the uninstructed). Epictetus ignorant stranger attention Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. Epictetus forgiveness grace revenge You lose only the things you have Epictetus investors modern loses Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. Epictetus evil doe religion Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another. Epictetus actors play life
