Quotes from Epictetus
No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.
- Epictetus
Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.
- Epictetus
Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
- Epictetus
You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
- Epictetus
If you have anything better to be doing when death overtakes you, get to work on that.
- Epictetus
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
- Epictetus
The best place to get help is from yourself.
- Epictetus
It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens
- Epictetus
So when the crisis is upon you remember that God like a trainer of wrestlers has matched you with a tough and stalwart antagonist... that you may prove a victor at the Great Games.
- Epictetus
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
- Epictetus
Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own
- Epictetus
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
- Epictetus