Quotes by : Epictetus

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

All philosophy lies in two words sustain and abstain.

And where there is ignorance, there is also want of learning and instruction in essentials.

As the sun does not wait for prayers and incantations tob e induced to rise, but immediately shines and....

If a person gave your body to any stranger he met on is way, you would certainly be angry. And do you....

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these....

no man is free until he s a master of himself!!

The condition and characteristic of an uninstructed person is this: he never expects from himself profit....

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you....