Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good Epicurus More Quotes by Epicurus More Quotes From Epicurus Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy. Epicurus tired healthy philosophy 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 choices judging feelings Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us. Epicurus philosophy history art 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-life evil believe Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind. Epicurus sight beautiful love 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 theory appearance science 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 wall men death Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? Epicurus omnipotence faith-religion atheist Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act. Epicurus mad action men 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 pain teaching mean Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die. Epicurus mad fear-of-death men 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 space numbers science Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful. Epicurus wise beautiful friendship Gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it. Epicurus profit gratitude virtue 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 garden natural doe It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself. Epicurus vain capability men Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor. Epicurus causes done fear What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not. Epicurus annihilation men 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 soul men philosophy
