Epictetus
Epictetus
Epictetuswas a Greek-speaking Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia, and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in north-western Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses and Enchiridion...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
inspirational patience greek-philosopher
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.
character role-models follow-your-heart
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
thank-you cheating brother
If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
motivational thinking people
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
inspire contentment want
Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.
inspirational philosophical knowledge
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
character effort theft
We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
jobs two choices
In life our first job is this, to divide and distinguish things into two categories: externals I cannot control, but the choices I make with regard to them I do control. Where will I find good and bad? In me, in my choices.
ideas imagination duration
When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it.
anger giving wish
If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.
desire fleeting superficial
The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.
happiness giving delight
The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.
courage men difficulty
It is difficulties that show what men are.
men oxford opinion
Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.