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
happiness troublesome
Happiness is an equivalent for all troublesome things.
life motivational happiness
All human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means - for example, wealth and status - with that life itself. This misguided focus on the means to a good life makes people get further from the happy life. The really worthwhile things are the virtuous activities that make up the happy life, not the external means that may seem to produce it.
happiness giving delight
The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.
inspirational happiness happy
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
honesty pursuit-of-happiness people
The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
inspirational happiness confidence
Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
independent authentic-happiness conditions
Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
happiness success happy
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
happiness men made
God has made all men to be happy.
life lying freedom-and-happiness
Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
happiness moving-on attitude
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
positive happiness thank-you
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
adversity against antagonist cannot case difficulty god men remember rough
Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.
believe educated education free ought people rather
We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free