You are a principal work, a fragment of [Goddess herself], you have in yourself a part of [her]. Why then are you ignorant of your high birth? Epictetus More Quotes by Epictetus More Quotes From Epictetus 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 Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear of death? Epictetus dying evil death Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun. Epictetus prayer life hands If thou rememberest that God standeth by to behold and visit all that thou doest; whether in the body or in the soul, thou surely wilt not err in any prayer or deed; and thou shalt have God to dwell with thee. Epictetus body soul prayer Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest. Epictetus mind dresses art Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. Epictetus health nature inspirational Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content. Epictetus rich-man rich men Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will think; it is of no concern to us. Epictetus hurt views thinking In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles. Epictetus pain real death In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught;but in life there are many things to draw us aside. Epictetus taught draws theory Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us, no matter what we are doing?... what do you wish to be doing when it overtakes you?... If you have anything better to be doing when you are so overtaken, get to work on that. Epictetus disease-and-death carpe-diem wish Pleasure, like a kind of bait, is thrown before everything which is really bad, and easily allures greedy souls to the hook of perdition. Epictetus bait hook soul Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short one; if long, then in a long one. If it be His pleasure that you should enact a poor man, or a cripple, or a ruler, or a private citizen, see that you act it well. For this is your business, to act well the given part. But to choose it belongs to Another. Epictetus drama men long I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment? Epictetus stay-positive choices men It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them. Epictetus views mind men We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free. Epictetus credit learning giving To be getting an education means this: to be learning what is your own, and what is not your own. Epictetus mean There is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose. Epictetus purpose use world Fortune is an evil chain to the body, and vice to the soul. Epictetus vices soul evil Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward. Epictetus good-life rewards practice
