Quote

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.

Epictetus

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Epictetus
Philosopher
Epictetus of Hierapolis
Worn
Ones
Body
Men
Dweller
Dwellers
Garments
Casting

More quotes by Epictetus

Image
We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed.
Epictetus
Image
Embrace reality. Think about what delights you - the small luxuries on which you depend, the people whom you cherish most. But remember that they have their own distinct character, which is quite a separate matter from how we happen to regard them.
Epictetus
Image
When our friends are present we ought to treat them well and when they are absent, to speak of them well.
Epictetus
Image
Choose the life that is noblest, for custom can make it sweet to thee.
Epictetus
Image
Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.
Epictetus
Image
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
Epictetus
Image
When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.
Epictetus
Image
Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed evils avoided powers daily exercised careful resolutions unerring decisions.
Epictetus
Image
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
Epictetus
Image
Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
Epictetus
Image
God has entrusted me with myself.
Epictetus
Image
Since it is Reason which shapes and regulates all other things, it ought not itself to be left in disorder.
Epictetus
Image
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Epictetus
Image
The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other.
Epictetus
Image
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?
Epictetus
Image
Law intends indeed to do service to human life, but it is not able when men do not choose to accept her services for it is only in those who are obedient to her that she displays her special virtue.
Epictetus
Image
Pain or pleasure? I say pleasure.
Epictetus
Image
It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.
Epictetus
Image
Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.
Epictetus
Image
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
Epictetus