We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free. Epictetus on alone
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger. Epictetus on anger
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. Epictetus on best
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. Epictetus on best
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. Epictetus on communication
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. Epictetus on death
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete. Epictetus on education
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. Epictetus on fear
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Epictetus on finance
Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. Epictetus on freedom
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. Epictetus on freedom
Freedom is the right to live as we wish. Epictetus on freedom
God has entrusted me with myself. Epictetus on god
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it. Epictetus on good
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Epictetus on great
No great thing is created suddenly. Epictetus on great
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Epictetus on great
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. Epictetus on happiness
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. Epictetus on happiness
If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it. Epictetus on happiness