Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.
Epictetus
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Epictetus
Philosopher
Epictetus of Hierapolis
Oxford
Opinions
Trouble
Opinion
Things
Men
More quotes by Epictetus
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
Epictetus
I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.
Epictetus
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
Epictetus
Our duties naturally emerge form such fundamental relations as our families, neighborhoods, workplaces, our state or nation. Make it your regular habit to consider your roles-parent, child, neighbor, citizen, leader-and the natural duties that arise from them. Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do.
Epictetus
It is the part of an uneducated person to blame others where he himself fares ill to blame himself is the part of one whose education has begun to blame neither another nor his own self is the part of one whose education is already complete.
Epictetus
I am not eternity, but a man a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.
Epictetus
When we act pugnaciously, and injuriously, and angrily, and rudely, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of the wild beasts. Well, the fact is that some of us are wild beasts of a larger size, while others are little animals, malignant and petty.
Epictetus
Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgement.
Epictetus
God has entrusted me with myself.
Epictetus
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Epictetus
The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.
Epictetus
No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
Epictetus
Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.
Epictetus
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Epictetus
Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.
Epictetus
Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.
Epictetus
Never depend on the admiration of others for self-satisfaction. It is a fact of life that other people, even people who love you, will not necessarily agree with your ideas, understand you always, or share your enthusiasms.
Epictetus
Since it is Reason which shapes and regulates all other things, it ought not itself to be left in disorder.
Epictetus
You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.
Epictetus
Your master is he who controls that on which you have set your heart or wish to avoid.
Epictetus
