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Epictetus Quotes

«In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life?s purpose.»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: hold on, loose
«Seek not good from without: seek it from within yourselves, or you will never find it»
Author: Epictetus
«God has entrusted me with myself.»
«There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.»
«What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: concerns
«If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.»
Author: Epictetus
«It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: already, Begin, impossible, thinks
«All religions must be tolerated... for... every man must get to heaven in his own way.»
«No man is free who is not a master of himself»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: free, master, No Man
«Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well»
Author: Epictetus | About: Events

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